designslinger - Word of the Week: mausoleum
[mausoleum (1921) Hollywood Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA. /Image & Artwork: designslinger]
mausoleum [maw-suh-LEE-uhm] n. a stately, commemorative edifice housing the tomb, or tombs, of the remains of an individual or individuals, often of a single family usually in the form of a small building;
[mausoleum (1919) Hollywood Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA. /Image & Artwork: designslinger]
term derived from the tomb of Mausolas at Halicarnasus.
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