Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Mausoleum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mausoleum \Mau`so*le"um\, n.; pl. E. {Mausoleums}, L. {-lea}.
[L. mausoleum, Gr. ?, fr. ? Mausolus, king of Caria, to whom
Artemisia, his widow, erected a stately monument.]
A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mausoleum
n : a large burial chamber, usually above ground
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