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Recent Examples of catacombs
His only book, Portraits in Life and Death (1976), juxtaposed photos of people in his circle and with images of ancient corpses in the Palermo catacombs.
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Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
For a darker experience in the City of Light, venture beneath Paris and explore its hundreds of miles of catacombs.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
For a darker experience in the City of Light, venture beneath Paris and explore its hundreds of miles of catacombs.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for catacombs
Noun
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Its absence is tangible—a frost settling over the surfaces—making the place feel tomb-like.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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The aftermath of the Karen Read murder trials is starting to remind me of what supposedly happened to all the looters who robbed King Tut’s tomb in Egypt more than a century ago.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
16 Jan. 2026
Noun
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An original vault with a steel door in the house’s basement has also been transformed into a panic room.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
23 Jan. 2026
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For an additional fee, guests can opt for a tennis package, which includes ninety minutes with a tennis pro on the club’s rare grass courts, two swag bags with ITHF merch, and a private tour of the grounds and museum vaults.—
Todd Plummer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The oldest part of the castle dates to the year 1000 and has a small frescoed crypt dedicated to San Lorenzo.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, at Mount Moriah, the graves Gerlach allegedly prayed on are old, ornate mausoleums and large crypt-like vaults, many from the 1800s.—
Joe Holden,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Catacombs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catacombs. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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