Definition for Mausoleum

mausoleum, n. [L.]

Tomb; crypt; grave; [historical] magnificent tomb of Mausolus, King of Caria; monument erected in the middle of the 4th century B.C. at Halicarnassus by the widowed queen Artemisia; one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

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