[maw-suh-lee-uh
m, -zuh-] 
[-lee-uh] . | 1. | a stately and magnificent tomb. |
| 2. | a burial place for the bodies or remains of many individuals, often of a single family, usually in the form of a small building. |
| 3. | a large, gloomy, depressing building, room, or the like. |
| 4. | (initial capital letter) the tomb erected at Halicarnassus in Asia Minor in 350? b.c. |
| mau·so·le·um (mô'sə-lē'əm, -zə-) n. pl. mau·so·le·ums or mau·so·le·a (-lē'ə)
[Middle English, from Latin Mausōlēum, from Greek Mausōleion, from Mausōlos, Mausolus (died c. 353 B.C.), Persian satrap of Caria whose tomb was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World.] mau'so·le'an adj. |