Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MAU-SO-LE'UM
MAU-SO-LE'UM, n. [L.; Fr. mausolée; from Mausolus, king of Caria, to whom Artemisin, his widow, erected a stately monument.]
A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.
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