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catacomb

[kat-uh-kohm] / ˈkæt əˌkoʊm /
NOUN
underground tunnel
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The playa desert seems to extend all the way to Egypt when you see the Catacomb of Veils by Dan Sullivan, a pair of enormous pyramids.

From The Guardian • Sep. 1, 2016

The Catacomb of St Agnese is entered from a vineyard about a quarter of a mile beyond the church.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

On the other side of the road from S. Lorenzo is the Catacomb of St. Hippolytus, interesting as described by the Christian poet Prudentius, who wrote at the end of the fourth century.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

By the dim light of a waxen taper which he carried, Hilarus led the Greek to the entrance to the Catacomb, where they found Faustus waiting in some alarm at the delay of his friend.

From Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs by Withrow, William Henry

Head in the Air, Tartarus, the Spirit-Voice, the Friend, the Catacomb, and the two united Men.

From Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) by Richter, Jean Paul Friedrich




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