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mausoleum

maw suh lee uhm

  • n  a large burial chamber, usually above ground

  • A mausoleum on the university grounds in Sapporo still holds the bones of 972 Ainu.
  • He has a mausoleum for himself already constructed on the South Side of Chicago into which the words "TRAIL BLAZER" are carved, along with a long list of his accomplishments.
  • After the family nixed the idea of burying Michael Jackson at Neverland, they decided on a resting place at a celebrity-filled mausoleum in Glendale, Calif.
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  • Mikhail Gorbachev in Independent
    Mr Gorbachev, 77, said: "My view is [that] we should not be occupied right now with grave-digging. But we will necessarily come to a time when the mausoleum will have lost its meaning and we will bury [Lenin], give him up to the earth as his family...
  • Randy Jackson in AFP
    I will be there ...... and, yes, the brothers will carry him from the hearse to the front of the mausoleum,Randy Jackson told the celebrity website on Tuesday.
  • Mohammed Ali Jinnah in WireUpdate
    It was an honour to pay my respects at the Mausoleum of Quaid-e-Izam Mohammed Ali Jinnah,referring to the founder of Pakistan. "His words spoken in 1947 are just as strong and relevant today: 'My message to you all is of hope, courage and...

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