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Mausoleum
| Mausoleum Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Mausoleum?
[n] a large burial chamber, usually above ground
Synonyms | Synonyms for Mausoleum:
Related Terms | Find terms related to Mausoleum: arch |
barrow |
beehive tomb |
bone house |
boundary stone |
box grave |
brass |
burial |
burial chamber |
burial mound |
bust |
cairn |
catacombs |
cenotaph |
charnel house |
cist |
cist grave |
column |
cromlech |
cross |
crypt |
cup |
cyclolith |
deep six |
dokhma |
dolmen |
footstone |
grave |
gravestone |
headstone |
hoarstone |
house of death |
inscription |
last home |
long home |
low green tent |
low house |
marker |
mastaba |
megalith |
memento |
memorial |
memorial arch |
memorial column |
memorial statue |
memorial stone |
menhir |
monolith |
monstrance |
monument |
mound |
mummy chamber |
narrow house |
necrology |
obelisk |
obituary |
ossuarium |
ossuary |
passage grave |
pillar |
pit |
plaque |
prize |
pyramid |
reliquary |
remembrance |
resting place |
ribbon |
rostral column |
sepulcher |
shaft |
shaft grave |
shrine |
stela |
stone |
stupa |
tablet |
testimonial |
tomb |
tombstone |
tope |
tower of silence |
trophy |
tumulus |
vault
See Also | burial chamber |
sepulcher |
sepulchre |
sepulture |
Taj Mahal
Mausoleum In Webster's Dictionary
\Mau`so*le"um\, n.; pl. E. {Mausoleums}, L. {-lea}.
[L. mausoleum, Gr. ?, fr. ? Mausolus, king of Caria, to whom
Artemisia, his widow, erected a stately monument.]
A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.
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