mausoleum


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mausoleum /ˌmɔːsəˈlɪəm, -z-/
noun (pl. mausolea /-ˈlɪə/ or mausoleums) a building, especially a large and stately one, housing a tomb or tombs.
– origin C15: via L. from Gk Mausōleion, from Mausōlos, the name of a king of Caria (4th cent. bc), to whose tomb in Halicarnassus the name was orig. applied.
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