— mausolean , adj.
/maw'seuh lee"euhm, -zeuh-/ , n. , pl. mausoleums, mausolea /-lee"euh/ .
1. a stately and magnificent tomb.
2. a burial place for the bodies or remains of many individuals, often of a single family, usually in the form of a small building.
3. a large, gloomy, depressing building, room, or the like.
4. ( cap. ) the tomb erected at Halicarnassus in Asia Minor in 350? B.C. Cf. Seven Wonders of the World .
[ 1375-1425; late ME Mausoleîon the tomb of Mausolus, king of Caria ]