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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Image Image Image Image A seven-mile walk from Kinloch through the wild and empty heart of the island leads to a Greek-style mausoleum, built in the 19th century, above Harris Bay on the west side of Rum.
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Nicholas J. R. White Kat Hill, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Many famous Argentines rest in this labyrinthine city of the dead, brimming with more than 6,400 elaborate, over-the-top mausoleums, crypts, statues, and tombs as stylish and sophisticated as Porteños themselves.
—Blane Bachelor, AFAR Media, 12 Feb. 2025
As this idea has been discussed for years and no change has been made, there is a possibility Dugin's efforts will be in vain, and Lenin will remain in the mausoleum.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 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
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Nicholas J. R. White Kat Hill, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Many famous Argentines rest in this labyrinthine city of the dead, brimming with more than 6,400 elaborate, over-the-top mausoleums, crypts, statues, and tombs as stylish and sophisticated as Porteños themselves.
—Blane Bachelor, AFAR Media, 12 Feb. 2025
As this idea has been discussed for years and no change has been made, there is a possibility Dugin's efforts will be in vain, and Lenin will remain in the mausoleum.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mausoleum
Noun
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Thousands of trees with white and pink flowers circle the Tidal Basin and parks near some of the capital's famous monuments and memorials.—
Nicole Brown Chau,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2025
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Now nobody outside the White House knows the status of the monuments, as my colleague Doug Smith reports.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Mar. 2025
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Plot details are being kept in the tomb, but it is understood that Reynor is playing a husband and father who runs afoul of supernaturally sinister forces.—
Borys Kit,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Mar. 2025
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Matthew’s account of the empty tomb, followed by ever more elaborate resurrection narratives, serves, Pagels suggests, both to address the practical difficulties of reclaiming the bodies of the executed and to counter skeptical claims that Jesus’ corpse had simply been stolen.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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The bodies and graves can also be seen in satellite imagery reviewed and verified by CNN.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025
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Arlington National Cemetery, which holds the graves of more than 400,000 veterans, has not publicly commented on the changes.—
Essence News Editors,
Essence,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Mausoleum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mausoleum. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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