mausoleum

nountomb

Synonyms for mausoleum

noun tomb

memorial

noun. monument, testimonial in honor, praise

Word Origin & History

"magnificent tomb," 1540s, from Latin mausoleum, from Greek Mausoleion, name of the massive marble tomb built 353 B.C.E. at Halicarnassus (Greek city in Asia Minor) for Mausolos, Persian satrap who made himself king of Caria. It was built by his wife (and sister), Artemisia. Counted among the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, it was destroyed by an earthquake in the Middle Ages. General sense of "any stately burial-place" is from c.1600.

Example Sentences for mausoleum

The revisiting of old scenes is like walking into a mausoleum.

But you know that my memory is merely a mausoleum of proper names.

And they went likewise to see the figure of our Lawgiver in the Pope's mausoleum.

One could not mistake a group from the temple at Phigaleia for a group from the Mausoleum.

His remains were afterwards removed to the mausoleum at Frogmore.

Augustus was not the first member of the family to occupy the mausoleum.

The vicissitudes of the mausoleum did not end with this change of religion and ownership.

This mausoleum is considered to be the most remarkable sight in Japan.

There are two peaks; the mausoleum is situated on one, the monument on the other.

The mausoleum of William the Silent is in the middle of the church.

mausoleum

Synonyms for mausoleum

crypt

grave

memorial

monument

monuments

mausoleum

Synonyms for mausoleum

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