Definition of Mausoleum

a large elegant building that holds tombs

Examples of Mausoleum in a sentence

The king wants to be entombed inside of a mausoleum.  🔊

Near the entrance of the cemetery sits the Smithson mausoleum, the final resting place of Smithson family members.  🔊

The pharaoh wanted his pyramid to be the grandest mausoleum ever built.  🔊

When my grandmother dies, she wants to be placed next to my grandfather in our family mausoleum.  🔊

The mausoleum contains the remains of the country’s most beloved leader.  🔊

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