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mausoleum: Meaning and Definition of
mau•so•le•um
Pronunciation: (m"su-l?'um, -zu-), [key] ? pl. -le•ums, -le•a
- a stately and magnificent tomb.
- a burial place for the bodies or remains of many individuals, often of a single family, usually in the form of a small building.
- a large, gloomy, depressing building, room, or the like.
- (cap.) the tomb erected at Halicarnassus in Asia Minor in 350?b.c.Cf.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.