Catacomb: alternatives and connections

A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are convert…

The supposed faculty of perceiving subterraneous springs and currents by sensation; -- so called from one Bleton, of France.

The ground or place for burying the dead; burial place.

A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast.

A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.

a large cave or a large chamber in a cave

A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; a graveyard; a churchyard; a necropolis.

The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.

Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.

A funeral rite (usually in the plural); the ceremonies of burial; obsequies; funeral procession.

Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm; an extensive lake;…

The solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp.,…

An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction.

A grotto.

Artificial grotto-work.

A natural covered opening in the earth; a cave; also, an artificial recess, cave, or cavernlike apartment.

Artificial and ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto.

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