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How to pronounce mausoleum
IPA transcription: [,mɔsə'liəm]
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Noun
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a large burial chamber, usually above ground
Usage examples
- To the west of the village is the mausoleum of a Song dynasty princess.
- He was interred at the Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum in Chicago.
- He has a mausoleum in Greyfriars Kirkyard, Perth.
- The mausoleum therefore helps to perpetuate this memory and to preserve the teachings of the saint.
- His mausoleum is at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles.
- The cemetery plans to build several more similar mausoleums.
- He was buried in the family mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery.
- The Imperial Household Agency designates this location as Kazan's mausoleum.
- She was entombed in a mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
- The Imperial Household Agency designates this location as Monmu's mausoleum.