as in monument
a stone building with places for the dead bodies of several people or the body of an important person
The cemetery has many mausoleums for some of the cites most notable families.
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One is the ornate mausoleum of the Islamic Republic’s founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, which features a huge golden dome and four spiny minarets visible for miles, a sprawling parking lot with space for twenty thousand vehicles, and a mall of souvenir shops and kebab restaurants.
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Robin Wright, New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2026
For months, mausoleums in the graveyard, some more than a hundred years old, were being looted in the dead of night, police said.
—Gaya Gupta, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2026
Officers say a Tuesday night arrest culminated a monthslong investigation into break-ins at Mount Moriah Cemetery, where at least 26 mausoleums and vaults had been forced open since early November.
—Mark Scolforo, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
Stetson also plans to rebuild Hulley Tower, a campus bell tower and mausoleum that was destroyed by several hurricanes.
—Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
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Robin Wright, New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2026
For months, mausoleums in the graveyard, some more than a hundred years old, were being looted in the dead of night, police said.
—Gaya Gupta, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2026
Officers say a Tuesday night arrest culminated a monthslong investigation into break-ins at Mount Moriah Cemetery, where at least 26 mausoleums and vaults had been forced open since early November.
—Mark Scolforo, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
Stetson also plans to rebuild Hulley Tower, a campus bell tower and mausoleum that was destroyed by several hurricanes.
—Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mausoleum
Noun
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Dedicated in 1999, the monument recognizes her fight for Black rights.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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February marks Black History Month, a time to examine historic monuments in Dallas that still hold significance for the city's African-American community.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Even so, someone fired gunshots into the tomb, shattering part of the structure.—
Daniel Wilkerson,
CBS News,
2 Feb. 2026
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Devotees often visit their tombs to seek a miraculous intervention.—
Vanessa Corcoran,
The Conversation,
2 Feb. 2026
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Violette’s nostalgic invocation of the aesthetics of the late ’60s and early ’70s did not so much channel the utopianism of the counterculture as mourn its passing, returning again and again to the grave of the last mythic moment when radical change seemed possible.—
Rachel Wetzler,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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Sadly, millions of seniors born between 1917 and 1926 or even later went to their graves bitter and disappointed — including my own mother, by the way!—
Tom Margenau,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Mausoleum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mausoleum. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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