Catacomb
A subterranean place for the burial of the dead. The Persians have
a city they call Comb or Coom, full of mausoleums and the
sepulchres of the Persian saints. (Greek, kata-kumbe, a hollow
place underground.) (See Koom .)
“The most awful idea connected with the catacombs is their
interminable extent, and the possibility of going astray in the
labyrinth of darkness.” —Hawthorne: Marble Faun, iii.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Catacomb from Fact Monster:
- catacombs - catacombs catacombs , cemeteries of the early Christians and contemporary Jews, arranged in ...
- Catacomb - Catacomb A subterranean place for the burial of the dead. The Persians have a city they call Comb ...
- inscription: Later Epigraphy - Later Epigraphy Latin epigraphy extended in time far beyond the Roman Empire. The stoneworkers of ...
- Città Vecchia - Città Vecchia Città Vecchia [Ital.,=old city], Città Notabile,or Notabile, ...
- Chiusi - Chiusi Chiusi , Lat. Clusium, Etruscan Chamars, town (1991 pop. 9,103), in Tuscany, central Italy, ...
|
