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Cinerarium vs Crypt - What's the difference?

cinerarium | crypt |

As nouns the difference between cinerarium and crypt

is that cinerarium is a place or receptacle for depositing the ashes of cremated people while crypt is an underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.

cinerarium

English

Noun

(cineraria)
  • A place or receptacle for depositing the ashes of cremated people.

    • Related terms

    * cinerary

    See also

    * columbarium ----

    crypt

    English

    (wikipedia crypt)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.
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  • (anatomy) A small pit or cavity in the body

    • See also

    * encrypt (slang)