crypt
n. நிலவறை, திருக்கோயில்களுக்கடியிலுள்ள புதை இடம், (வில.) சிறு பள்ளம், குழாய்ச் சுரப்பி.
Crypt (krpt), n. Etym: [L. crypta vault, crypt, Gr. Crot, Crotto.] 1. A vault wholly or partly under ground; especially, a vault under a church, whether used for burial purposes or for a subterranean chapel or oratory. Priesthood works out its task age after age, . . . treasuring in convents and crypts the few fossils of antique learning. Motley. My knees are bowed in crypt and shrine. Tennyson. 2. (Anat.) Defn: A simple gland, glandular cavity, or tube; a follicle; as, the cryps of Lieberk.