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mausoleum::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture |
Examples of mausoleum
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Events were launched, symbolically, at Ayatollah Khomeini's mausoleum in Tehran.
From the guardian.co.uk
Saban's recruits in January wouldn't feel like they were sitting in a mausoleum.
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Matching the legend, the mausoleum looks light, well-proportioned, and delicate.
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Upon Shah Jahan's death, Aurangzeb buried him in the mausoleum next to his wife.
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His mausoleum, a cross between an Aztec pyramid and a spaceship, squats nearby.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Entering the mausoleum is a surprisingly sombre and somewhat spooky experience.
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That has been a feature of the mausoleum long before its latest celebrity client.
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Cremated remains can be kept in a home or private mausoleum outside a cemetery.
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In the town's cemetery, large blocks of stone surround what was once a mausoleum.
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- A large burial chamber, usually above ground
- A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons. A monument without the interment is a cenotaph. ...
- The Mausoleum is a Grade I listed building in Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, and is the only Grade I building in Stoke. It is situated opposite the main gates of Trentham Gardens. It was built as the resting place for the Dukes of Sutherland.
- A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs; A gloomy, usually large room or building
- To dream of a mausoleum, indicates the sickness, death, or trouble of some prominent friend. To find yourself inside a mausoleum, foretells your own illness.
- A building erected to house the dead. They could often be quite substantial structures.
- A building in which remains are buried or entombed.
- Tomb, usually of fine architectural quality. The Egyptian pyramids were built as mausoleums and many rich garden-owners have made them (eg at Castle Howard).
- A public or private building especially designed to receive entombments. A permanent above ground resting place for the dead.
