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n. - Tombs for more than one person.

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  • For them are the catacombs of Ptolemais, and the carven mausolea of the nightmare countries.
  • So, those shuttered shops, those haunted dealerships, and those concrete hexaliths become mausolea for a restless, ever-drivin 'nation.
  • This is particularly true of the tomb mosques, situated in the mausolea on the east side of the city, and known as the Tombs of the Khalifs.
  • They destroyed the mausolea and monumental tombs in the cemeteries, which they considered to be polytheistic, and desecrated the Prophet's tomb.
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