The meaning of MAUSOLEUM is a large tomb; especially : a usually stone building with places for entombment of the dead above ground. How to use mausoleum in a sentence.

A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a …

Families with large estates have routinely built a mausoleum or similar building on their land, for the burial of family members.

MAUSOLEUM definition: a stately and magnificent tomb. See examples of mausoleum used in a sentence.

Mausoleum, large, sepulchral monument, typically made of stone, that is used to inter and enshrine the remains of a famous or powerful person. The term mausoleum can also denote other types of …

mausoleum (ˌmɔːsəˈlɪəm) n, pl -leums or -lea (-ˈlɪə) a large stately tomb [C16: via Latin from Greek mausōleion, the tomb of Mausolus, king of Caria; built at Halicarnassus in the 4th century bc]

a special building made to hold the dead body of an important person or the dead bodies of a family. Want to learn more? Definition of mausoleum noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. …