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US
/ˈkætəˌkoʊm/
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[ UK /kˈætɐkˌəʊm/ ]
[ UK /kˈætɐkˌəʊm/ ]
NOUN
- an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome)
How To Use catacomb In A Sentence
- You start in the catacombs but beware ghostly ghouls at every turn!
- As Louis entered the building, it occurred to him that the catacombs were the perfect place to store his doomsday portraits. The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre
- The Catacombs Project plans to refurbish the disused buildings under the church, which is a protected structure.
- Close to the cedar, above catacombs and columbaria, tall, ugly, and individual, it looked like an apex of the competitive system. To Let
- Because they feared persecution from the Roman rulers, they met secretly in private homes or in underground passages and rooms called catacombs.
- The combination of anchor and fish forms the ‘anchor-cross,’ which is another early Christian symbol found in the Roman catacombs.
- The catacombs, and the lovingly tended graves within, have embalmed the lives and loves of centuries past in a deathly stillness, broken only by the babble of a passing brook.
- Over the course of time, landslides, rock movement, and vegetation hid the entrances to the other catacombs.
- The mill, with its well-cultivated catacomb charm, factory building bleakness and fancy lofts, could be described as the home of the New Leipzig School if you want to think of it in home terms.
- The history of libertarianism has played out in the catacombs of standard American intellectual history.