Crypt

kript, n. A subterranean cell or cave esp. a vault under a church, for burial purposes. (Arch. The space under a building subterranean chapel hiding-place. [L. a-i/pta, Gr. krupte, fr. kruptein. to hide; grot.] — Cryp'tic, -tical, a. Hidden; secret; occult. — Cryptogam, n. (Bot.) A flowerle plant, or one which does not fructify by means usual to others. [Gr. gamos, marriage.] — Cryptoga'mian, -gamlc, Cryptog'amous, -mus, a. Pert, to cryptogams, or to cryptogamy having the fructification concealed. — Cryptog'amy, -mT, n. Concealed fructification. — Cryptography, -IT, n. Art of writing in secret characters secret characters or cipher. [Gr. graphein, to write.] — Cryptol'ogy, -jT. n. Secret or enigmatical language. [Gr. logos, discourse.] — Cryp'tonym, -nim, a. A concealed name, known only to the initiated. [Gr. onoma, name.]