mausoleum.

a substantial building housing one or more tombs

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Words that belong together

• family mausoleum
• marble mausoleum
• abandoned mausoleum

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The family mausoleum stood beyond the iron gate.

Rain stained the marble walls of the mausoleum.

Only one tomb remained inside the ruined mausoleum.

Usage notes

Primary curation section: Gothic. More architectural and monumental than grave; a crypt is often an underground burial chamber. Plural: mausoleums or mausolea.