mausoleum
/maws leem/ • noun (pl. mausolea /mawslee/ or mausoleums) a building housing a tomb or tombs. — ORIGIN Greek Mausoleion, from Mausolos, the name of a king of the 4th century bc to whose tomb the name was originally applied.
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