Mausoleum
[,mɔsə'liəm]
Definition
(n.) A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.
Typist: Morton
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Sepulchral monument.
Typist: Nora
Definition
n. a magnificent tomb or monument.—adj. Mausolē′an pertaining to a mausoleum: monumental.
Typed by Eugenia
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a mausoleum, indicates the sickness, death, or trouble of some prominent friend. To find yourself inside a mausoleum, foretells your own illness.
Typist: Serena
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The final and funniest folly of the rich.
Editor: Ned
Examples
- They have a grand mausoleum in Florence, which they built to bury our Lord and Saviour and the Medici family in. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But somehow, I can not keep that Medici mausoleum out of my memory. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The mill remained mute as a mausoleum. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The expedition sent to Jerusalem to seize it got into trouble and could not accomplish the burglary, and so the centre of the mausoleum is vacant now. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We took off our shoes and went into the marble mausoleum of the Sultan Mahmoud, the neatest piece of architecture, inside, that I have seen lately. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Inputed by Katrina