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
Recently built, the mausoleum at the Tafi Viejo cemetery in Tucuman has most of its niches still empty, awaiting new identifications.
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ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
Bartonville police said Fry previously stole an urn of ashes from Oklahoma City and a coffin from a mausoleum in Denton, Texas.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 21 Mar. 2026
The release also said FBI agents found evidence at a Denton cemetery indicating a coffin had been removed from a mausoleum.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
And then there was the glass—the architect loved the flora and fauna of the city and wanted to bring it into the museum, which is not typical of your encyclopedic mausoleums to culture, walled off from the outside world.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Mar. 2026
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ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
Bartonville police said Fry previously stole an urn of ashes from Oklahoma City and a coffin from a mausoleum in Denton, Texas.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 21 Mar. 2026
The release also said FBI agents found evidence at a Denton cemetery indicating a coffin had been removed from a mausoleum.
—Doug Myers, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
And then there was the glass—the architect loved the flora and fauna of the city and wanted to bring it into the museum, which is not typical of your encyclopedic mausoleums to culture, walled off from the outside world.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mausoleum
Noun
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Why build another monument in the city’s crowded downtown?—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Police say the markers are being stolen from cemeteries, parks and monuments.—
Paul Burton,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Christians recognize Good Friday as the day Jesus Christ was crucified, died and was buried in a tomb.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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It is believed that early Christians adapted this idea, viewing the egg as a symbol of Jesus' resurrection and the empty shell as a symbol for the empty tomb.—
Catherine Messier,
The Providence Journal,
31 Mar. 2026
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Ashcraft tapped out before being ordered to dig a grave, get inside a body bag, and consider his eulogy as instructors piled dirt on top of him.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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The bone found during a 1940 excavation dated between 1391 and 1130 BCE, well before the mound’s construction, and appeared to have been deposited independently of a grave.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Mausoleum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mausoleum. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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