Dictionary entry

Mausoleum

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mau′so‐le″um (?), n.; pl. E. Mausoleums (#), L. -lea (#). [L. mausoleum, Gr. �, fr. � Mausolus, king of Caria, to whom Artemisia, his widow, erected a stately monument.] A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.