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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mausoleum  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mausoleum 
  n  :  a  large  tomb,  usually  above  ground 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  MAUSOLEUM,  n.  The  final  and  funniest  folly  of  the  rich. 
 
 




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