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Example sentences for "mausoleums"

Lexicographically close words:
maundering; maunds; maunna; mausolea; mausoleum; mauuais; mauvais; mauvaise; mauvaises; mauve
  1. Falloux, became minister on the declaration of the Second Republic, and the four precious mausoleums were returned to Fontevrault church.

  2. It is curious that in 1856 the lead coffins containing the remains of Philibert and the two Duchesses were discovered in a crypt under that part of the choir where the mausoleums stand.

  3. These three mausoleums are so well defended against possible iconoclasts that the thick, closely set iron bars almost prevent us from seeing the lower part of the three tombs, and, in two cases, these are as interesting as any.

  4. Be this as it may, the mausoleums in the Church of Brou will ever remain in the memory as one of those exquisite and unique art experiences that form an epoch in our inner history.

  5. The mausoleums and monuments erected in honor of prominent citizens constitute an important class in the architectural history of Rome.

  6. Mausoleums and sepulchres are always among the first traces of civilization, and the most ancient examples of architectural art.

  7. This was only added when a chapel was required for funeral worship, or when, as in mausoleums of great dimensions, inner walls were needed to provide a bearing for the ceiling beams.

  8. Plans and Designs for Mausoleums and Burial Vaults are given, with complete Details of Construction BY A.

  9. The two mausoleums or sepulchres of Augustus and Hadrian could not totally be lost; but the former was visible only as a mound of earth; and the latter, the castle of St. Angelo, had acquired the name and appearance of a modern fortress.

  10. Of the dwelling-houses of the old Egyptians the remains are comparatively mean, but their mausoleums are palatial.

  11. The faithful, only a minute before absorbed in prayer, fled in dismay towards the doors of the basilica; the monks hid themselves behind the mausoleums over the royal crypts or embraced the altars--their last refuge.

  12. In the afternoon we drove along a road which has been called the "Appian Way" of Agra, from the tombs and mausoleums which we see along the five miles road to the village of Secundra or Sikandria.

  13. This might have been the case, for these Eastern mausoleums were often used as palaces, previous to the death of the person by whom they were built.

  14. Then we drove on to a spot which is literally a village of the dead, so closely serried are the marble sarcophagi, and where little courts and mosques and mausoleums are visible in all directions.

  15. Some of its mausoleums are of enormous cost and elaborate ornamentation, but generally the grandeur of the location eclipses the work of the decorator.

  16. In the western suburbs, upon the river bank, and in a lovely position, is the famous Hollywood Cemetery, the terraced sides of its ravines being occupied by mausoleums and graves, while in front the rushing rapids roar a requiem for the dead.

  17. The powerful hand of the Republic must efface without pity these arrogant epitaphs, and demolish these mausoleums which would bring back the frightful recollections of the kings.

  18. The proposition of Barère was adopted, and the National Assembly decreed "that the tombs and mausoleums of the former kings in the church of St. Denis should be destroyed.

  19. Meanwhile the mausoleums of the kings and princes of France were removed to Saint-Denis, while many other monuments were placed in the museums of Paris and Versailles.

  20. In the neighborhood of Delhi the Grand Trunk Road is like the Appian Way of Rome, both sides being lined with the mausoleums of kings, warriors and saints in various stages of decay and dilapidation.

  21. The strong hand of the Republic should pitilessly efface these haughty epitaphs, and demolish these mausoleums which might recall the frightful memory of kings.

  22. After the absolutions, twelve bodyguards advance to the catafalque, which recalls by its form the mausoleums raised to Francis I.

  23. The wealth and strength of the past ages is now seen in their morgues, mausoleums and palaces, many of them wrecks of their former beauty, but patience and long years of toil are evident in their crumbling walls.

  24. The remains of mausoleums and palaces attest former grandeur before its ownership was absolutely in the hands of its conquerors.

  25. And those mysterious mausoleums of a former race!

  26. Persons subscribing for family mausoleums are entitled to free admission to all the balls of the season.

  27. This is giving great latitude--mausoleums and monuments erected promiscuously, after the designs of their future inhabitants, will no doubt present a beautiful variety of tastes and elevations.

  28. The mausoleums are built after the pattern of the one already described, but between the entrance pillars of the third hangs a shield bearing the name of the Emperor Kien Lung in raised characters.

  29. From the street in front of the mausoleums you ascend some stone steps to a portal which gives access to a paved forecourt surrounded by a gallery resting on wooden pillars.

  30. They form a line running from west to east, and are the mausoleums of the five earlier Tashi Lamas.

  31. From our point of view we can see several smaller gilded copper roofs in Chinese style, standing in front of the facades of the mausoleums and rising directly from flat roofs without any intervening course.

  32. Such a circuit of Tashi-lunpo demands a whole day, but if he also goes into the lanes and round all the mausoleums and temples, this religious gymnastic feat requires three days.

  33. In all mausoleums of this description, (and they abound in Constantinople) a priest each day lights up the huge wax candles that are placed at the feet of the sarcophagi, and leaves them burning while he reads a chapter from the Koran.

  34. Before them were the fine mausoleums and domes of the original Geesoo Duraz, and the cemeteries attached to them, the Prince's palace and pretty gardens, with their fine rows of cyprus trees.

  35. Through or above the dense fog we could spy the pinnacles of several vast and ambitious mausoleums glittering in the moon-rays.

  36. A line-up of theaters, early-morning mausoleums of last night's madnesses, first met her eye in the clean light.

  37. At Seventy-second Street, where she emerged, a family hotel, one of those de luxe mausoleums to family life, reared showily.

  38. Several of the marble mausoleums cost from 4000l.


  39. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mausoleums" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.