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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
  1. a stately and magnificent tomb.
  2. a burial place for the bodies or remains of many individuals, often of a single family, usually in the form of a small building.
  3. a large, gloomy, depressing building, room, or the like.
  4. (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.
See also:
Mauser mauve

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