Meaning of mausoleum

mau•so•le•um

Pronunciation: (mô"su-lē'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.

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