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ˌmɔːsəˈlɪəm,
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n.
(pl. mausolea
/-ˈlɪə/
or mausoleums)
a building, especially a large and stately one, housing a tomb or tombs.
Etymology
C15: via L. from Gk Mausōleion, from Mausōlos, the name of a king of Caria (4th cent. bc), to whose tomb in Halicarnassus the name was orig. applied.
