mausoleum

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A large, grand building that contains a tomb or several tombs.

   The emperor was buried in a marble mausoleum.

2. 2
   noun

   A gloomy, lifeless large room or building.

   Without customers, the old mall felt like a mausoleum.

From Middle English mausoleum, from Latin Mausōlēum, from Ancient Greek Μαυσωλεῖον (Mausōleîon), from Μαύσωλος (Maúsōlos); named after Mausolus (?–395 BCE), satrap of the Persian empire and ruler of Caria, whose tomb was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

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