Mausoleums

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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, one of the
     wonders of the ancient world.]
     A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.
     [1913 Webster]