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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The shell of the fetish and the ruins of spectacle remain visible and intact as negative monuments.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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The cultural monuments and heritage sites are less accessible.—
Keyaira Boone,
Essence,
30 May 2025
Noun
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The city’s monuments, which include several royal palaces, ritual sites and tombs, have been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.—
Catherine Nicholls,
CNN Money,
25 May 2025
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The gravesite also houses the tombs of Edith Piaf and Oscar Wilde and has long been a site for fans of the rocker to pay their respects in the area known as Poet's Corner. Paris' official tourism website states that crowds gather there on the anniversary of Morrison's death on July 3 every year.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
20 May 2025
Noun
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Thousands of children died from abuse or neglect, with mass graves still being found decades after the last residential school closed in 1998.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
29 May 2025
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Archaeologists found a grave dating to the mid-15th century full of preserved textiles, wooden objects, and metal artifacts.—
Stephanie Edwards,
Discover Magazine,
29 May 2025
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“Mausoleum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mausoleum. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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