Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.]
   A magnificent tomb, or stately sepulchral monument.