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
While experts have debated the Treasury’s purpose for centuries, the most popular theory is that the monument serves as a mausoleum, although no skeletal remains have been found within the building itself, Gates said.
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024
Today the remains of Taylor and his wife are housed in a mausoleum, where military personnel from Fort Knox conduct an annual wreath-laying ceremony on his birthday, Nov. 24.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 19 Sep. 2024
The partial lunar eclipse rose above the mausoleum of Turkish Republic's Founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in Ankara, Turkey.
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Directed to the Partial Lunar Eclipse
The arrow on this pedestrian sign in Corpus Christi, Texas, was perfectly aligned with the partial lunar eclipse and supermoon.
—Athena Sobhan, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
Movie starts at dusk, but arrive early for food trucks and a mausoleum tour!
—Alissa Widman Neese, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024
Today the remains of Taylor and his wife are housed in a mausoleum, where military personnel from Fort Knox conduct an annual wreath-laying ceremony on his birthday, Nov. 24.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 19 Sep. 2024
The partial lunar eclipse rose above the mausoleum of Turkish Republic's Founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in Ankara, Turkey.
06 of 12
Directed to the Partial Lunar Eclipse
The arrow on this pedestrian sign in Corpus Christi, Texas, was perfectly aligned with the partial lunar eclipse and supermoon.
—Athena Sobhan, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
Movie starts at dusk, but arrive early for food trucks and a mausoleum tour!
—Alissa Widman Neese, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mausoleum
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At the height of Maya civilization, people in this region built temples, roads, pyramids and other monuments.Christina Larson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2024
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Ancient Indigenous mounds found in Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee At Milwaukee’s Forest Home Cemetery, the city’s oldest operating cemetery, history can be seen in every direction – etched on the gravestones, mausoleums and monuments of founders, pioneers, industrialists and beer barons.Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
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In 1926, soldiers began guarding the tomb during daylight hours.Mark Jones, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2024
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However, on one occasion, a masked spirit appeared unexpectedly and began to dance among the tombs.Arath Zumaya Muñoz, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
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Later, Perry visits his dad in the hospital, and then again at his grave.Rachel DeSantis, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
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Is his enemy Marcus Acacius (Pedro Pascal), the general who inflicted his particular agony—or do Pascal’s soft eyes and grave sighs signal us to look elsewhere?Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Mausoleum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mausoleum. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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