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
Outside the mausoleum’s walls were about 20 burials in a variety of styles, officials said.
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025
Venus, Saturn and Jupiter stood in a line above the mausoleum’s sandstone pillars.
—Nicholas J. R. White Kat Hill, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
But there's already a Mount McKinley of sorts, in Canton, Ohio, right between I-77 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame: A magnificent mausoleum to our 25th President, William McKinley, entombed there alongside his wife, Ida.
—Mo Rocca, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2025
Archaeologists soon uncovered a stone mausoleum separated from the rest of the burial ground by a wall, officials said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025
Venus, Saturn and Jupiter stood in a line above the mausoleum’s sandstone pillars.
—Nicholas J. R. White Kat Hill, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
But there's already a Mount McKinley of sorts, in Canton, Ohio, right between I-77 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame: A magnificent mausoleum to our 25th President, William McKinley, entombed there alongside his wife, Ida.
—Mo Rocca, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2025
Archaeologists soon uncovered a stone mausoleum separated from the rest of the burial ground by a wall, officials said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mausoleum
Noun
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Yes, there were disputes over Confederate monuments and America’s sins versus America’s promise, but there was also a palpable impatience with history, as if people were afraid of its power to bog you down.—
Andrew Moore,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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The remote Galápagos Islands of the Pacific, about 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador, have no historic monuments, only a handful of human settlements and the barest smattering of amenities such as restaurants and shops.—
Robin Catalano,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
Noun
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Pharaoh's tomb discovered by archaeologists in Egypt Dr. Josef Wegner, Penn Museum curator who is based in Philadelphia, recently uncovered a groundbreaking discovery: an unknown pharaoh's tomb, dating back 3,600 years.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2025
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Earlier Sunday, Leo celebrated a private Mass near the tomb of St. Peter.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
11 May 2025
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One of those preparations included Kody, 56, opting to dig Garrison's grave.—
Dory Jackson,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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The holiday typically includes community tributes and visits to cemeteries to decorate graves with American flags each year on the last Monday in May.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 May 2025
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“Mausoleum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mausoleum. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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