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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But there's already a Mount McKinley of sorts, in Canton, Ohio, right between I-77 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame: A magnificent mausoleum to our 25th President, William McKinley, entombed there alongside his wife, Ida.
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Mo Rocca, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2025
Archaeologists soon uncovered a stone mausoleum separated from the rest of the burial ground by a wall, officials said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025
Authorities said doors have been stolen from mausoleums in seven cemeteries in Bucks, Philadelphia, Delaware and Montgomery counties, WPVI reported.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
He is buried in his family’s mausoleum at Unity Cemetery in his hometown of Latrobe, Penn.
—Makena Gera, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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Mo Rocca, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2025
Archaeologists soon uncovered a stone mausoleum separated from the rest of the burial ground by a wall, officials said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025
Authorities said doors have been stolen from mausoleums in seven cemeteries in Bucks, Philadelphia, Delaware and Montgomery counties, WPVI reported.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025
He is buried in his family’s mausoleum at Unity Cemetery in his hometown of Latrobe, Penn.
—Makena Gera, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mausoleum
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President Trump’s 2026 budget proposal recommends cutting more than $1.2 billion from the NPS, which manages 433 areas including national parks, monuments, battlefields, military parks, comprising 85 million acres of federal land in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and US territories.—
Suzanne Rowan Kelleher,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Jiggly Caliente and Sam Nordquist are among this year’s all-trans class of inductees to the National LGBTQ+ Wall of Honor, a monument inside New York City’s Stonewall Inn.—
James Factora,
Them.,
7 May 2025
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Earlier Sunday, Leo celebrated a private Mass near the tomb of St. Peter.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
11 May 2025
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Pharaoh's tomb discovered by archaeologists in Egypt Dr. Josef Wegner, Penn Museum curator who is based in Philadelphia, recently uncovered a groundbreaking discovery: an unknown pharaoh's tomb, dating back 3,600 years.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2025
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Loomer reportedly wasted no time dancing on Waltz’s grave.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2025
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The animal’s human rider, a Roman soldier, buried the creature in a shallow grave.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 May 2025
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“Mausoleum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mausoleum. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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