<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>A mausoleum (plural: mausoleums, mausolea) is:<ul><li>A stately and magnificent tomb.</li><li>A burial place for the bodies or remains of many individuals, often of a single family, usually in the form of a small building.</li><li>A large, gloomy, depressing building, room, or the like.</li><li>The tomb erected at Halicarnassus in Asia Minor in 350 B.C.</li></ul></li></ul>