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Definition of Mausolean
1. a. Pertaining to a mausoleum; monumental.
Definition of Mausolean
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or similar to, a mausoleum. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mausolean
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mausolean
Literary usage of Mausolean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1850)
"... emperors thy footstools, build more towns and cities than great Alexander,
Babel towers, pyramids and mausolean tombs, &.c. command heaven and earth, ..."
2. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomsm by Robert Burton (1850)
"... emperors thy footstools, build more towns and cities than great Alexander,
Babel towers, pyramids and mausolean tombs, &c. command heaven and earth, ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Sylvester, Sonnets on the Miraculous Peace in France, xii. mausolean (ma-so-le'an),
a. ... pains And mausolean pomp. ..."