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Sacellum :: Sacellum (n.) A small monumental chapel in a church.

Cromlech :: Cromlech (n.) A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others. They are found chiefly in countries inhabited by the ancient Celts, and are of a period anterior to the introduction of Christianity into these countries..

Capricorn :: Capricorn (n.) A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish..

Hearse :: Hearse (n.) A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument..

Monument :: Monument (n.) Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial..

Trilithon :: Trilithon (n.) A monument consisting of three stones; especially, such a monument forming a kind of doorway, as among the ancient Celts..

Mausoleum :: Mausoleum (n.) A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument..

Mortuary :: Mortuary (a.) Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments..

Antiquary :: Antiquary (n.) One devoted to the study of ancient times through their relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations, statues, coins, manuscripts, etc.; one who searches for and studies the relics of antiquity..

Tomb :: Tomb (n.) A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.

Monument :: Monument (n.) A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a limit or to mark a boundary..

Base :: Base (n.) The lower part of a complete architectural design, as of a monument; also, the lower part of any elaborate piece of furniture or decoration..

Inscription :: Inscription (n.) That which is inscribed; something written or engraved; especially, a word or words written or engraved on a solid substance for preservation or public inspection; as, inscriptions on monuments, pillars, coins, medals, etc..

Monumentally :: Monumentally (adv.) By way of memorial.

Monument :: Monument (n.) A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record..

Mausolean :: Mausolean (a.) Pertaining to a mausoleum; monumental.

Cartouch :: Cartouch (n.) An oval figure on monuments, and in papyri, containing the name of a sovereign..

Lotus :: Lotus (n.) A name of several kinds of water lilies; as Nelumbium speciosum, used in religious ceremonies, anciently in Egypt, and to this day in Asia; Nelumbium luteum, the American lotus; and Nymphaea Lotus and N. caerulea, the respectively white-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with Nelumbium speciosum, are figured on its ancient monuments..

Antiquity :: Antiquity (n.) A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the plural.].

Memorial :: Memorial (n.) Anything intended to preserve the memory of a person or event; something which serves to keep something else in remembrance; a monument.

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