an underground room or vault, esp. beneath a church
Origin of undercroft
Middle English from under- (see under-) + croft, a vault from Medieval Latin crupta from Classical Latin crypta, cryptundercroft
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undercroft
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A crypt, especially one used for burial under a church.
Origin of undercroft
Middle English under- under- croft crypt ( from Middle Dutch crofte ) ( from Medieval Latin crupta ) ( from Latin crypta crypt ; see crypt . )THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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