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What is a catacomb?

What is a catacomb? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (often plural) An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a subterranean tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or Ancient Rome.
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Lives in a quiet catacomb called Beverly Hills, the first cemetery I've ever seen with street lamps.
I found that the 2 red dampers of the catacomb have fully cured and that the 3 dampers holding HS also died.
At least one underground temple catacomb has been associated with the cult of a Mother Goddess.
In the catacomb of St. Priscilla, one of the most ancient in Rome, is found a painting of the Madonna and Child.
Yesterday morning, I had the privilege of visiting the catacomb of Priscilla and I thought there of what rises up from the depths.
The slow progression of arches, with their classical stonework, feels more like something from a Roman catacomb than from the London Underground.

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