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Definition of: mausoleum
(mô′sə·lē′əm) noun plural ·le·ums or ·le·a (-lē′ə)
A large, stately tomb. [<L <Gk. Mausōleion, tomb of King Mausolus of Caria, erected by Queen Artemisia at Halicarnassus about 350 B.C. See SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD.]
—mau′so·le′an adjective
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