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
Venus, Saturn and Jupiter stood in a line above the mausoleum’s sandstone pillars.
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Nicholas J. R. White Kat Hill, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
The marble mausoleum in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983.
—Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025
The mausoleum complex also includes a free museum that is also worth carving out the time to explore.
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Its ornate sculptures and elaborate mausoleums mark the graves of 538,000 people, including the tap dancer Bill Robinson, known as Bojangles; the jazz saxophonist Lester Young; and Martin Johnson Heade, a painter of the Hudson River School whose landscapes have sold for millions of dollars.
—Maria Cramer, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
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Nicholas J. R. White Kat Hill, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
The marble mausoleum in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983.
—Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 22 Feb. 2025
The mausoleum complex also includes a free museum that is also worth carving out the time to explore.
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Its ornate sculptures and elaborate mausoleums mark the graves of 538,000 people, including the tap dancer Bill Robinson, known as Bojangles; the jazz saxophonist Lester Young; and Martin Johnson Heade, a painter of the Hudson River School whose landscapes have sold for millions of dollars.
—Maria Cramer, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mausoleum
Noun
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The monument, as envisioned by the foundation, will feature a nine-sided granite base etched with the names of Tarrant residents killed during the war.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2025
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Much of the village has remained unchanged since the Middle Ages, and today harbors 13 classified historic monuments, including the 14th-century stone house, Maison Bordes, and a hospital dating to the 13th.—
Mary Winston Nicklin,
AFAR Media,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Those kinds of things probably weren't very interesting to tomb robbers.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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For our group, this one opened a new world, just as wondrous as the temples and tombs of ancient Egypt.—
Francine Kiefer,
Christian Science Monitor,
1 Apr. 2025
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Ramirez and his colleagues unearthed the grave of an adult buried beneath the patio, in a tomb with limestone walls and a stucco floor.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
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As the location of the graves of Edgar Degas, Pierre Cardin, Emile Zola, and Jeanne Moreau, among many other luminaries, this institution has a unique place in France’s artistic heritage.—
Annabelle Dufraigne,
Architectural Digest,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Mausoleum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mausoleum. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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