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mausoleum (iou)



mausoleum noun. , -leums. LME.
[Latin from Greek Mausoleion, from Mausolos Mausolos (see below).]
The magnificent tomb of Mausolus, King of Caria, erected in the 4th cent. BC at Halicarnassus by his queen Artemisia. LME.
gen. A large and stately place of burial. LME.
fig.: H. Brooke O! London, London! thou mausoleum of dead souls!
= CATAFALQUE 1. L17-E18.
mausolean adjective M16.