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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Recent Examples of mausoleum
While in Leymebamba, consider hiking to the Revash mausoleum, a four-hour round-trip journey.
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Jen Richt, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
Here, slowly being swallowed by vegetation and worn down by time, are gigantic mausoleums, vast underground cisterns, temples, imposing city walls and a breathtaking theater perched, like Machu Picchu, on a hilltop that offers views stretching for miles all around.
—Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Callas lost her voice and retreated to her mausoleum-like apartment on the Avenue Georges Mandel in Paris’ posh sixteenth arrondissement.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
The rituals also include his visits early next week to Ise, Japan’s top Shinto shrine, the mausoleum of the mythical first emperor Jinmu in Nara, as well as that of his late great-grandfather, wartime emperor Hirohito, in the Tokyo suburbs.
—Mari Yamaguchi, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
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Jen Richt, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2025
Here, slowly being swallowed by vegetation and worn down by time, are gigantic mausoleums, vast underground cisterns, temples, imposing city walls and a breathtaking theater perched, like Machu Picchu, on a hilltop that offers views stretching for miles all around.
—Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Callas lost her voice and retreated to her mausoleum-like apartment on the Avenue Georges Mandel in Paris’ posh sixteenth arrondissement.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
The rituals also include his visits early next week to Ise, Japan’s top Shinto shrine, the mausoleum of the mythical first emperor Jinmu in Nara, as well as that of his late great-grandfather, wartime emperor Hirohito, in the Tokyo suburbs.
—Mari Yamaguchi, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mausoleum
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In the village of Hula in southern Lebanon, a monument engraved with the names of almost 100 Lebanese killed here in 1948 just after the creation of the state of Israel lies covered in graffiti and smashed to pieces.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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The ceremony featured a dazzling light and music show outside the museum, with massive screens displaying Egypt's ancient monuments.—
Ayat Al-Tawy,
ABC News,
2 Nov. 2025
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The study’s findings could help archeologists better preserve the tomb — as well as the historically significant artwork within — for generations to come.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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Instead, Thursday’s 28-6 loss to Baltimore, Miami’s seventh defeat in nine games, essentially shuts the tomb on another Dolphins season left for dead.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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Everyone around the grave threw a flower into it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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For thousands of years, families in China have celebrated Qingming after the spring equinox, cleaning and decorating their ancestor’s graves and offering plates of sweet dumplings.—
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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