| Because they feared persecution from the Roman rulers, they met secretly in private homes or in underground passages and rooms called catacombs. |
| We had passed through long walls of piled skeletons, with casks and puncheons intermingling, into the inmost recesses of the catacombs. |
| In those cases, the water stopped flowing and turned the kyareses into dry but comfortable underground catacombs. |
| Over the course of time, landslides, rock movement, and vegetation hid the entrances to the other catacombs. |
| He lived in dangerous times, so he constructed several secret passageways and catacombs underneath the city and inside the castle. |
| It has a good set of beaches, catacombs to explore, and some remarkable fauvist geology. |
