mausoleum

 
Pronunciation: /ˌmɔːsəˈlɪəm, -z-/

noun (plural mausolea /-ˈlɪə/ or mausoleums)

  • a stately or impressive building housing a tomb or group of tombs: the cathedral was built in 1517 as a royal mausoleum figurative a cultural mausoleum such as the Tate

Origin:

late 15th century: via Latin from Greek Mausōleion, from Mausōlos, the name of a king of Caria (4th century bc), to whose tomb in Halicarnassus the name was originally applied