| 单词 | tomb-house |
| 释义 | > as lemmastomb-house tomb-house n. a building constructed to house or serve as a tomb for an individual or group; a mausoleum, mortuary chapel, vault, etc. ΚΠ 1672 E. Ashmole Inst. Order of Garter iv. 136 A little Building of Free-stone raised by Cardinal Wolsey, called the Tombe-house. 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. iv. 104 Leland says that..Henry VII. pulled it down, and erected the present tomb-house in it's place. 1854 Proc. & Trans. Kilkenny & South-east Ireland Archaeol. Soc. 3 117 Beneath the east window is an aspiring tomb-house, indicating the gathering together, in slow but sure succession, of kindred dust. 1952 Brit. Museum Q. 17 54 In..western Indo-China..the corner posts of tomb-houses..are sometimes carved with human heads. 2012 M. Greenhalgh Constantinople to Córdoba 183 Splendid stone or marble tombs or tomb-houses. < as lemmas |
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