mausoleum Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a large burial chamber, usually above ground

WordNet

Mau`so*le"um noun
Etymology
L. mausoleum, Gr. , fr. Mausolus, king of Caria, to whom Artemisia, his widow, erected a stately monument.
Wordforms
plural E Mausoleums L -lea
Definitions
  1. A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.

Webster 1913