MAUSOLEUM

Mausoleum

A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A monument without the interment is a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type of tomb or the tomb may be considered to be within the mausoleum. A Christian mausoleum sometimes includes a chapel.

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mausoleum

Noun

  1. A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.
  2. A gloomy, usually large room or building.


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