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Word: crypt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...ritual, with a replica of her body. On the forehead was the tenon hole which had held the stolen vulture-head coronet, symbol of queenly power. The outer coffin, masterpiece of joiner's art, at one time encased in gold sheets, lying undisturbed for centuries in the dark crypt, "created an eerie effect" on Digger Winlock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diggers | 2/3/1930 | See Source »

...realized the full import of that comparison, for none save Mr. Bok's family and the builders knew that at the Tower's base lay the donor's crypt. Last week Calvin Coolidge went back to Mountain Lake and saw Donor Bok interred...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Story-Book Bok | 1/20/1930 | See Source »

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