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cryptoporticus

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

A vaulted corridor or arcade at, or just below ground level; normally lit by openings in the upper part of the vault. Also a roofed promenade that is enclosed with side walls that have windows or openings instead of columns.

Roman

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Examples

“The close⟳ walkes, which were called cryptoporticus were not of choice but of necessitie, when extremitie of weather would not let⟳ them walke abroad.”

CEFR level

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