mausoleum
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- noun
- /ˌmɔːzəˈliːəm/
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mausoleo
- However, the Bourguiba mausoleum is a lavish and elegant building well worth a visit.
- build impressive mausoleums
Massive mausoleums for these big traffickers.
- Massive mausoleums for these big traffickers.
- And so, you know, of course Ronald Reagan was put in a mausoleum that was designed to where it would accommodate that casket.
- Millions of Roman tombs, from simple, steely to magnificent mausoleum, bore epitaphs recording the names and careers of their owners.
Examples
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Most of the tombs in the Acropolis, however, were small mausoleums built of brick faced concrete.
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My clinic's near the mausoleum where the Stanford family is buried, and I frequently walk there at lunch.
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This place is a mausoleum.
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I looked in every mausoleum.
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Make your way to the mausoleum where we left them and keep hidden until my signal.
Fiction book (2000) -
As soon as she found herself in front of the old mausoleum, Michelle had no choice.
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Others see a parallel with the Valley of the Kings, a royal mausoleum removed from the general population.
Academic text (2007) -
Muslims offer Eid al-Adha prayers at the Taj Mahal mausoleum in Agra, India.
Academic text (2013) -
The grand mausoleum stood majestically at the edge of the gardens, attracting visitors from all over.
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She often visited the mausoleum to pay her respects to her ancestors buried there.
Synonyms
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3.0
A large stone building or underground room where people put a dead person
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A large structure that honours a famous person or important event
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A place with small spaces in the walls for holding urns with ashes
Compounds
A large ancient tomb at Halicarnassus built for King Mausolus and counted among the Seven Wonders
A large white stone tomb in ancient Halicarnassus, now Bodrum in Turkey, built for King Mausolus
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Etymology
Mausoleum comes from the name of a king, Mausolus, who had a very large and famous tomb. The Greek ending -eion meant 'place', so a mausoleum became the 'place' for a tomb, which is why the word now means a large, impressive building for tombs.