Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
catacomb .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word catacombs.
Examples
-
My next dream travel destination is the Capuchin catacombs in Palermo.
Boing Boing: December 19, 2004 - December 25, 2004 Archives 2004
-
Apis at Memphis while they lived; and being mummied after death, were buried in catacombs prepared for them in the desert.
-
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 Dominic Smith 2006
-
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 Dominic Smith 2006
-
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 Dominic Smith 2006
-
The catacombs were a depressing place in a world of depressing places.
Into the Labyrinth Hickman, Tracy 1993
-
From the main entrance to the catacombs, which is near the barriers d'Enfer, a flight of ninety steps descends, at whose foot galleries are seen branching in various directions.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs
-
-- The so-called catacombs of Paris were never catacombs in the ancient sense of the word, and were not devoted to purposes of sepulture until 1784.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs
-
As at Assisi, in Italy, there are three superimposed churches, a symbol of the three states of religion; the crypt, called the catacombs, and suggestive of persecution; the fortified nave, a symbol of the body which prays, but is not afraid to fight; and the _chapelle supérieure_, the holy place of the saints of heaven, the Christian counsellors in whose care man has been confided.
-
These underground churches were called the catacombs, and some of them may still be seen at Rome.
Baltimore Catechism No. 4 (of 4) An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine Thomas L. Kinkead
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.