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 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 Today, three of the mausoleums are accessible to visitors for a small admission fee: the Changling, Zhaoling and Dingling tombs. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2024 After traveling to four continents together in five months, Bob got down on one knee while Nadine was sitting on the Princess Diana bench in front of the iconic mausoleum. Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for mausoleum 
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • In 1926, soldiers began guarding the tomb during daylight hours.
    Mark Jones, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2024
  • However, on one occasion, a masked spirit appeared unexpectedly and began to dance among the tombs.
    Arath Zumaya Muñoz, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Later, Perry visits his dad in the hospital, and then again at his grave.
    Rachel DeSantis, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
  • 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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