CRYPTOPORTICUS


Meaning of CRYPTOPORTICUS in English

/krip'teuh pawr"ti keuhs, -pohr"-/ , n. , pl. cryptoporticus .

1. a covered passage, as one underground, lighted on one side.

2. a portico at the entrance to a crypt.

[ 1675-85; ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .