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Recent Examples of Synonyms for columbaria
Noun
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City and county governments set local rules covering burials, inurnments, entombments and the upkeep of cemeteries, mausoleums and columbariums, according to state law.—
Angela Rodriguez,
Sacbee.com,
31 Oct. 2025 -
Children play among headstones, and locals see ornate mausoleums daily on their way to run errands; the graveyards woven into public life as parks and libraries are in other cities.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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In the province of Salerno in southern Italy, the Grotte dell’Angelo is a karst system featuring a unique network of caverns and impressive stalactites hanging from the vaults and stalagmites rising from the floor.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Nov. 2025
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Burial vaults are typically made of concrete and act as protective containers for caskets and coffins, according to The Dallas Morning News.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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The indigenous elements are the most prominent parts of the contemporary ceremony, Zaraus says, especially the tombs festooned with marigolds.—
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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An extensive list of notable tombs can be found at the Colma Historical Museum on Hillside Boulevard.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Two tipsters had told Carpenter that a man named Don Miller had stolen human remains and burial pieces from Native American graves along with other cultural artifacts from around the world.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
5 Nov. 2025
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Men, women and even children were shot into unmarked mass graves.—
Jesse Kirsch,
NBC news,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Columbaria.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/columbaria. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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