mausoleum
a stately and magnificent tomb.
a burial place for the bodies or remains of many individuals, often of a single family, usually in the form of a small building.
a large, gloomy, depressing building, room, or the like.
(initial capital letter) the tomb erected at Halicarnassus in Asia Minor in 350? b.c.
Origin of mausoleum
1Other words from mausoleum
- mau·so·le·an, adjective
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How to use mausoleum in a sentence
Baker joins Gaullist resistor Felix Eboué and famed writer Alexandre Dumas in the famed mausoleum.
Josephine Baker To Be Inducted In French Pantheon | Malaika Jabali | November 29, 2021 | Essence.comWe arrived at the cemetery, and five minutes before the service was to start, an announcement was made that it would be held inside the mausoleum.
Miss Manners: Time for exec’s assistant to fix grammatical error | Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin | March 25, 2021 | Washington PostMy parents are building a mausoleum for themselves in my childhood home.
During the restoration process, volunteers discovered plaques documenting a list of the dead contained within the mausoleum.
Eagle Hill Cemetery: A cemetery in Collinsport, Maine (see also: Collinsport), which contains the Collins Family mausoleum.
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Alone with the “mausoleum of sounds” that is her memory she must record her past “before it becomes tinnitus and is lost.”
Must Read Novels | Lucy Scholes, John Wilwol, Randy Rosenthal, Nina MacLaughlin | August 4, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTShe has written about the Park Avenue she grew up on in the '70s: “Too mineral, too grey, too mausoleum-like.”
But within a year of her marriage the Princess died in child-birth, and was buried in a mausoleum within the park.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperA simple mausoleum, about thirty feet square, and a few small private monuments, were all that was to be seen.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferThis probably explains its vicinity to the stately mausoleum of Ccilia Metella.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowThe mausoleum of the Emperor Humaione, very much in the same style as the mosque, was commenced by this monarch himself.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferAt the end of the garden, opposite the mausoleum, stands a small palace, principally belonging to the King of Lucknau.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida Pfeiffer
British Dictionary definitions for mausoleum
/ (ˌmɔːsəˈlɪəm) /
a large stately tomb
Origin of mausoleum
1Derived forms of mausoleum
- mausolean, adjective
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Cultural definitions for mausoleum
[ (maw-suh-lee-uhm, maw-zuh-lee-uhm) ]
A tomb, or a building containing tombs. Mausoleums are often richly decorated. The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum.
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