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 ▲