Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - mausoleum
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Mausoleum
mausoleum
noun (plural -leums or mausolea) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from Greek mausoleion, from Mausolos Mausolus died ab 353 B.C., ruler of Caria Date: 15th century 1. a large tomb; especially a usually stone building with places for entombment of the dead above ground 2. a large gloomy building or room
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n. a large and grand tomb. Etymology: L f. Gk Mausoleion f. Mausolos Mausolus king of Caria (4th c. BC), to whose tomb the name was orig. applied ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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(mausoleums) A mausoleum is a building which contains the grave of a famous person or the graves of a rich family. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n a large stone building containing many graves or built over a grave mauve ~ n a pale purple colour - mauve adj ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1546, from L. Mausoleum, from Gk. Mausoleion, massive marble tomb built 353 B.C.E. at Halicarnassus (Gk. city in Asia Minor) for Maussollos, Persian satrap who made himself king of Caria. It was built by his wife (and sister), Artemisia. It was counted among the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. Destroyed by an earthquake in the Middle Ages. General sense of "any stately burial-place" is from 1600. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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