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   mausoleum

   /ˌmɔːsəˈliːəm/

   noun

   • 1. a stately or impressive building housing a tomb or group of tombs: "the cathedral was built in 1517 as a royal mausoleum"

   Word Origin late 15th century: via Latin from Greek Mausōleion, from Mausōlos, the name of a king of Caria (4th century bc), to whose tomb in Halicarnassus the name was originally applied.

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