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mausoleum

noun

Definition of mausoleum

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 In a letter read to commissioners, Beatrice Brickell urged commissioners to keep the cottage in Brickell, suggesting it could be relocated to the city’s bayfront Brickell Park, where the family mausoleum is. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026 In ancient times, the Turkish Riviera town of Bodrum was known as Halicarnassus, and its famed mausoleum was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 July 2026 The tradition will now pass to his own son, who now also takes part in commemorating the martyrdom of Hussein through the mausoleum replicas. — ABC News, 25 June 2026 The otherwise contemporary firm HOK’s interpretation features a row of square columns bookended by two bulky, mausoleum-like volumes — a kind of architectural equivalent to armored power shoulders. — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 12 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for mausoleum

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The most typical public piece is a bust, but Plasencia proposed the idea of a monument, and it was accepted.

— Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
The PhDs who gave us the monument to double counting that is GDP have similarly made a mockery of inflation.

— John Tamny, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

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According to the mission, Sekhentiu-Ptah’s tomb contained the remains of a funerary chapel with its false door still in its original position.

— Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 31 Aug. 2026
In fact, 58 people were present when King Tut’s tomb was opened, and only eight died within 12 years.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026

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Ytre Norskøya contains graves and remains of blubber ovens from the early whaling era.

— Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
In one southern Nepali district — Chitwan — authorities will resort to burying hundreds of unidentified bodies in a mass grave, local police told CNN.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026

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