Catacombs
['kætəkomz]
Examples
- We have been in the catacombs. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The ruins of Caesar's Palace, Pompey's Pillar, Cleopatra's Needle, the Catacombs, and ruins of ancient Alexandria will be found worth the visit. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We did not go through all the passages of all the catacombs. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In the catacombs were buried St. Cecilia, St. Agnes, and several other of the most celebrated of the saints. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- A careful estimate makes the length of the passages of all the catacombs combined foot up nine hundred miles, and their graves number seven millions. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- One Pope afterward spent his entire pontificate in the catacombs--eight years. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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