catacomb
墓穴,墓室,墓园,墓地
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- : Usually catacombs. an underground cemetery, especially one consisting of tunnels and rooms with recesses dug out for coffins and tombs.
- : the Catacombs, the subterranean burial chambers of the early Christians in and near Rome, Italy.
- : an underground passageway, especially one full of twists and turns.
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The practice of aging wine dates back thousands of years, from the ancient catacombs of Rome to the royal courts of Europe, where aged sweet wines like Sauternes and Tokaji reigned.
The ancient Christians dug into the volcanic tufo rock here an extensive warren of catacombs.
The accompanying map of part of the Catacomb of Callixtus will indicate the general plan of these subterranean galleries.
An example of both sorts is seen in the accompanying engraving of a cubiculum in the Catacomb of St. Prtextatus.
In part of an ancient arenarium converted into a cemetery in the Catacomb of St. Priscilla similar constructions may be seen.
De Rossi has given a map of the Catacomb of Callixtus, in which these areas are accurately defined.
Boniface I., having been for some time concealed in the Catacomb of Felicitas, afterwards elaborately ornamented it.