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
After Giulia’s death, Orsini commissioned a large mausoleum for her.
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Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
To serve its Latino clientele, the cemetery is creating a five-story mausoleum designed by Lehrer Architects.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
The day’s main attraction are 100 altars (ofrendas), erected along the avenues of mausoleums.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Hoxha’s mausoleum, a brutalist pyramid with the heroic lines of Agitprop posters, is currently cloaked in scaffolding, and his villa—a modernist royal palace in tropical gardens in Blloku—is set to be a cultural center.
—Stephanie Rafanelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2023
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Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
To serve its Latino clientele, the cemetery is creating a five-story mausoleum designed by Lehrer Architects.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
The day’s main attraction are 100 altars (ofrendas), erected along the avenues of mausoleums.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Hoxha’s mausoleum, a brutalist pyramid with the heroic lines of Agitprop posters, is currently cloaked in scaffolding, and his villa—a modernist royal palace in tropical gardens in Blloku—is set to be a cultural center.
—Stephanie Rafanelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mausoleum
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About 40 of the 80-plus plaques — installed beginning in 2015 — in this monument to civic pride and music history have been forcefully removed from the ground.—
Jim Harrington,
The Mercury News,
30 Jan. 2025
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Clearly shaken by the confrontation, Van Buren's son, Harry (Joe Alwyn), rushes into László's moonlit concrete monument to Harrison's late mother, only to find that his father has vanished without a trace.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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In it, a small baby lies on a tomb of red velvet, her skin and dress a rocky gray (Eguiguren Arte de Hispanomérica, D10) and eye sockets blank, an icy contrast to the fresh roses and wildflowers with which she is adorned.—
Walker Mimms,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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On the thirteenth-century tomb of Eleanor of Aquitaine, she is shown wide awake and reading, while her dull and kingly husband sleeps for all eternity.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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The finale had the impossible task of putting the monstrous show to an unquiet grave, and while some storylines seemed rushed and others completely ignored, even everyone’s least favorite season of GOT is heart palpitating.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
31 Jan. 2025
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During the initial excavations, researchers found Iron Age cremation graves with grave goods, one of which had 51 beads inside, according to a Jan. 28 news release from Antiquity.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Mausoleum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mausoleum. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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