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or mausolea
as in monuments
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 mausoleums
Children play among headstones, and locals see ornate mausoleums daily on their way to run errands; the graveyards woven into public life as parks and libraries are in other cities.
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Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
State law limits how California’s 256 public cemetery districts can make money, prohibiting them from selling memorial markers or mausoleums and offering mortuary or cremation services.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Many of the marble mausoleums on this 14-acre spot are held by Argentina’s elite, some famous, others infamous—think past presidents, Nobel Prize winners, and military commanders.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
Here, slowly being swallowed by vegetation and worn down by time, are gigantic mausoleums, vast underground cisterns, temples, imposing city walls and a breathtaking theater perched, like Machu Picchu, on a hilltop that offers views stretching for miles all around.
—Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
State law limits how California’s 256 public cemetery districts can make money, prohibiting them from selling memorial markers or mausoleums and offering mortuary or cremation services.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Many of the marble mausoleums on this 14-acre spot are held by Argentina’s elite, some famous, others infamous—think past presidents, Nobel Prize winners, and military commanders.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
Here, slowly being swallowed by vegetation and worn down by time, are gigantic mausoleums, vast underground cisterns, temples, imposing city walls and a breathtaking theater perched, like Machu Picchu, on a hilltop that offers views stretching for miles all around.
—Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mausoleums
Noun
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The statue has been in storage since it was pulled down on June 19, 2020, in the midst of the Black Lives Matter protests, when monuments honoring figures from the Confederate side in the Civil War were targeted.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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If hiking isn't your thing, Sedona is also known for its Pink Jeep Tours that take you to Sedona monuments and shops.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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An extensive list of notable tombs can be found at the Colma Historical Museum on Hillside Boulevard.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
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The pre-Christian tombs offer new insight into the religious beliefs of ancient people in the region.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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There were also prisoners, paupers and unclaimed bodies who went into mass graves, including remains of 39,307 Catholics at Holy Cross.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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Staff at the cemetery assigned each student a set of graves to clean in a section of the cemetery that needed grounds maintenance.—
Alyssa N. Salcedo,
jsonline.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Mausoleums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mausoleums. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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