mau‧so‧le‧um /ˌmɔːsəˈliːəm $ ˌmɒː-/
noun [countable][
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Latin;
Origin: Greek, from Mausolos king of Caria in ancient Turkey, for whom such a building was made]
a large stone building made specially to contain the body of a dead person, or the dead bodies of an important family ⇒
tomb:
the Lenin Mausoleum [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲