mausoleum
IPA: mɔsʌɫˈiʌm
noun
- A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.
- (by extension) A gloomy, usually large room or building.
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Examples of "mausoleum" in Sentences
- The mausoleum is to the west of the town.
- The building of the cemetery is the Mausoleum.
- Entombment was in the Calvary Cemetery Mausoleum.
- The Mausoleum is occasionally opened to the public.
- It is right in the center and directly in front of the mausoleum.
- He was entombed in the Chapel Mausoleum at Home of Peace Cemetery.
- The police contained the violence enough for the to move to the mausoleum.
- Destroyers of the mausoleum were accused of fascism, barbarism, and vandalism.
- The mausoleum was demolished in 1966 and the memorial moved inside the church.
- Exquisite harmony and refined symmetry are the keynotes of the mausoleum itself.
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