mausoleumn.

Brit.

/ˌmɔːsəˈliːəm/,

/ˌmɔːzəˈliːəm/, U.S.

/ˌmɔzəˈliəm/,

/ˌmɔsəˈliəm/

Forms: late Middle English– mausoleum, 1600s mauseolo (transmission error), 1600s mausoloeum, 1600s–1700s mausolaeum. Plural 1500s 1800s– mausolea, 1600s mausoleas, 1600s mausolea's, 1600s mausoloea, 1600s– mausoleums. In sense 1 usually with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mausōlēum.

Etymology: < classical Latin mausōlēum < Hellenistic Greek μαυσωλεῖον, use as noun of neuter of ancient Greek Μαυσωλεῖος of or relating to Mausolus < the name of Μαύσωλος Mausolus (d. 353–2 b.c.), governor of Caria in south-western Asia Minor 377–353 b.c. + -εῖος, suffix forming adjectives.The form mauseolo (see quot. 1667) was presumably intended as mausoleo, after Italian mausoleo (a1375). Compare also the form Mausolus in isolated use, apparently denoting the Mausoleum:1667 R. Baxter Reasons Christian Relig. 351 It is strange..that no part of the World should shew us any elder Monument of Antiquity;..no Mausolus, Pyramids, or Pillars.

1. Ancient History. Usually with capital initial. The magnificent tomb of Mausolus (one of the seven wonders of the ancient world) erected at Halicarnassus in the 4th cent. b.c. by his widow Artemisia.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > types of tomb > [noun] > monumental > large or elaborate > for person of distinction > specific

mausoleuma1500

mausole1584

Taj1860

a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 228 And it is callyd mausoleum by a man that hyȝt Mausoleus, the whiche man was so wel loued with his wyf that after tyme of his deþ sche made hym a glorious and a riche sepulcre and called it Mausoleum.

1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil De Invent. iii. vii. 71 b Mausoleum that was the Tombe of Mausolus kynge of Caria.

1605 W. Camden Remaines ii. 29 He [sc. Mausolus] was so pitifully pressed and crushed with an huge heape of stones vnder his stately monument Mausoleum.

a1667 P. Mundy Trav. (1914) II. 210 The monument itselfe whose outward frame resembleth the mauseolo pictured amonge the 7 wonders.

1710 M. Chudleigh Ess. Several Subj. 16 Why may we not speak with as good a grace of the Pyramids, as of a fine Manteau; of the Mausoleum, as the trimming of a Petticoat?

1797 Encycl. Brit. X. 695/1 Mausolus king of Caria, to whom Artemisia his widow erected a most stately monument,..and called it, from his own name, Mausoleum.

1869 G. Rawlinson Man. Anc. Hist. 151 Artemisia II, bc. 353, the builder of the famous ‘Mausoleum’.

1991 S. Bowman Sci. & Past (BNC) 111 The Mausoleum was a major structure commissioned by the Mausolus dynasty.

a. A stately or imposing edifice erected as a commemorative burial place for or by a person of distinction.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > types of tomb > [noun] > monumental > large or elaborate > for person of distinction

mausoleuma1500

mausole1584

a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 228 And of this come it in custome that iche sepulcre is callyd mausoleum.

1565 W. Alley Πτωχομυσεῖον i. xxxix. f. 34 All sumptuous and great sepulchers wer after called Mausolea.

1600 P. Holland tr. J. B. Marlianus Svmmary Topogr. Rome vi. xviii, in tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 1397 Augustus made a Mausoleum, to serve for a sepulchre as well to himselfe and all the Emperours, as also for his whole house and name.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 337 It includes many stately buildings; and Mausoleas.

1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall v. 84 (margin) A stately Mausoleum or sepulchral pyle built by Adrianus in Rome, where now standeth the Castle of S^t Angelo.

1819 T. Hope Anastasius (1820) I. xii. 220 Aqueducts, and temples, and mausolea.

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. vii. iii. 151 Shír Sháh was buried at Sahserám, where his stately mausoleum is still to be seen.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 382/1 The Taj Mahal, the mausoleum built (A.D. 1632) by the emperor Shah Jahan for the remains of his favourite wife.

1992 N.Y. Times 8 Nov. v. 30/4 Aleksei V. Shchusev, the same architect who built the Lenin Mausoleum on Red Square.

b. gen. A stately or imposing tomb.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > types of tomb > [noun] > monumental > large or elaborate

shrinec1385

mausoleum1688

mole1700

imambara1837

speos1843

1688 New Hist. China 47 There are..six Hundred Fourscore and five Mausoleums.

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 78 Her husband Constantius, together with their son Valentinian III, in a mausoleum on the left.

1802 Sketches Paris II. xliv. 88 Lewis XIV never conceived the idea of erecting, in the Hôtel des Invalides, mausolea, with the statues of the generals who had led..the armies of the nation.

1824 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1825) 374 His mausoleum may repose under the altar of St. Sophia.

1870 F. R. Wilson Archit. Surv. Churches Lindisfarne 81 At the extremity of the east end is a mausoleum.

1918 B. Tarkington Magnificent Ambersons xiv. 209 There were some large new mausoleums here,..as well as a number of monuments of some sculptural pretentiousness.

1991 R. Sale Milan (BNC) 111 The chapel was started by Gian Giacomo Trivulzio to house his family mausoleum.

c. In extended use.

ΚΠ

1696 T. Brookhouse Temple Opened 29 After some time, it comes forth of this Mausoleum a perfect New Creature of Whitish colour, with Wings and Legs.

1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 223 O! London, London! thou mausoleum of dead souls!

1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV lx. 33 The dead, Whose names are mausoleums of the Muse.

1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers x. 259 She invited him out of the mausoleum of a parlour into the kitchen.

1947 N. Marsh Final Curtain iv. 53 Do they think it's any catch living in a mausoleum with a couple of old tats?

1989 Gamut Summer 2/2 When did we last hear of a president wanting to build a library that was more than a mausoleum to his failed policies.

†3. = catafalque n. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > obsequies > funeral equipment > [noun] > platform for coffin or bier

catafalquec1660

mausoleum1695

1695 London Gaz. No. 3059/2 The Body..was deposited under a magnificent Mausoleum.

1695 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 505 Stealing part of the fringe from the queen's mausoleum in Westminster Abbey.

1705 London Gaz. No. 4103/1 A very magnificent Mausolæum is preparing in the..Chapel..where the Body is to be Deposited.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Mausoleum,..the word is also used to signify the Decoration of a Tomb, or Catafalcha, in a funeral Pomp.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	mausoleum
释义	mausoleumn. Brit. /ˌmɔːsəˈliːəm/, /ˌmɔːzəˈliːəm/, U.S. /ˌmɔzəˈliəm/, /ˌmɔsəˈliəm/ Forms: late Middle English– mausoleum, 1600s mauseolo (transmission error), 1600s mausoloeum, 1600s–1700s mausolaeum. Plural 1500s 1800s– mausolea, 1600s mausoleas, 1600s mausolea's, 1600s mausoloea, 1600s– mausoleums. In sense 1 usually with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mausōlēum. Etymology: < classical Latin mausōlēum < Hellenistic Greek μαυσωλεῖον, use as noun of neuter of ancient Greek Μαυσωλεῖος of or relating to Mausolus < the name of Μαύσωλος Mausolus (d. 353–2 b.c.), governor of Caria in south-western Asia Minor 377–353 b.c. + -εῖος, suffix forming adjectives.The form mauseolo (see quot. 1667) was presumably intended as mausoleo, after Italian mausoleo (a1375). Compare also the form Mausolus in isolated use, apparently denoting the Mausoleum:1667 R. Baxter Reasons Christian Relig. 351 It is strange..that no part of the World should shew us any elder Monument of Antiquity;..no Mausolus, Pyramids, or Pillars. 1. Ancient History. Usually with capital initial. The magnificent tomb of Mausolus (one of the seven wonders of the ancient world) erected at Halicarnassus in the 4th cent. b.c. by his widow Artemisia. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > types of tomb > [noun] > monumental > large or elaborate > for person of distinction > specific mausoleuma1500 mausole1584 Taj1860 a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 228 And it is callyd mausoleum by a man that hyȝt Mausoleus, the whiche man was so wel loued with his wyf that after tyme of his deþ sche made hym a glorious and a riche sepulcre and called it Mausoleum. 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil De Invent. iii. vii. 71 b Mausoleum that was the Tombe of Mausolus kynge of Caria. 1605 W. Camden Remaines ii. 29 He [sc. Mausolus] was so pitifully pressed and crushed with an huge heape of stones vnder his stately monument Mausoleum. a1667 P. Mundy Trav. (1914) II. 210 The monument itselfe whose outward frame resembleth the mauseolo pictured amonge the 7 wonders. 1710 M. Chudleigh Ess. Several Subj. 16 Why may we not speak with as good a grace of the Pyramids, as of a fine Manteau; of the Mausoleum, as the trimming of a Petticoat? 1797 Encycl. Brit. X. 695/1 Mausolus king of Caria, to whom Artemisia his widow erected a most stately monument,..and called it, from his own name, Mausoleum. 1869 G. Rawlinson Man. Anc. Hist. 151 Artemisia II, bc. 353, the builder of the famous ‘Mausoleum’. 1991 S. Bowman Sci. & Past (BNC) 111 The Mausoleum was a major structure commissioned by the Mausolus dynasty. 2. a. A stately or imposing edifice erected as a commemorative burial place for or by a person of distinction. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > types of tomb > [noun] > monumental > large or elaborate > for person of distinction mausoleuma1500 mausole1584 a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 228 And of this come it in custome that iche sepulcre is callyd mausoleum. 1565 W. Alley Πτωχομυσεῖον i. xxxix. f. 34 All sumptuous and great sepulchers wer after called Mausolea. 1600 P. Holland tr. J. B. Marlianus Svmmary Topogr. Rome vi. xviii, in tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 1397 Augustus made a Mausoleum, to serve for a sepulchre as well to himselfe and all the Emperours, as also for his whole house and name. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 337 It includes many stately buildings; and Mausoleas. 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall v. 84 (margin) A stately Mausoleum or sepulchral pyle built by Adrianus in Rome, where now standeth the Castle of S^t Angelo. 1819 T. Hope Anastasius (1820) I. xii. 220 Aqueducts, and temples, and mausolea. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. vii. iii. 151 Shír Sháh was buried at Sahserám, where his stately mausoleum is still to be seen. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 382/1 The Taj Mahal, the mausoleum built (A.D. 1632) by the emperor Shah Jahan for the remains of his favourite wife. 1992 N.Y. Times 8 Nov. v. 30/4 Aleksei V. Shchusev, the same architect who built the Lenin Mausoleum on Red Square. b. gen. A stately or imposing tomb. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > types of tomb > [noun] > monumental > large or elaborate shrinec1385 mausoleum1688 mole1700 imambara1837 speos1843 1688 New Hist. China 47 There are..six Hundred Fourscore and five Mausoleums. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 78 Her husband Constantius, together with their son Valentinian III, in a mausoleum on the left. 1802 Sketches Paris II. xliv. 88 Lewis XIV never conceived the idea of erecting, in the Hôtel des Invalides, mausolea, with the statues of the generals who had led..the armies of the nation. 1824 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1825) 374 His mausoleum may repose under the altar of St. Sophia. 1870 F. R. Wilson Archit. Surv. Churches Lindisfarne 81 At the extremity of the east end is a mausoleum. 1918 B. Tarkington Magnificent Ambersons xiv. 209 There were some large new mausoleums here,..as well as a number of monuments of some sculptural pretentiousness. 1991 R. Sale Milan (BNC) 111 The chapel was started by Gian Giacomo Trivulzio to house his family mausoleum. c. In extended use. ΚΠ 1696 T. Brookhouse Temple Opened 29 After some time, it comes forth of this Mausoleum a perfect New Creature of Whitish colour, with Wings and Legs. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 223 O! London, London! thou mausoleum of dead souls! 1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV lx. 33 The dead, Whose names are mausoleums of the Muse. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers x. 259 She invited him out of the mausoleum of a parlour into the kitchen. 1947 N. Marsh Final Curtain iv. 53 Do they think it's any catch living in a mausoleum with a couple of old tats? 1989 Gamut Summer 2/2 When did we last hear of a president wanting to build a library that was more than a mausoleum to his failed policies. †3. = catafalque n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > funeral equipment > [noun] > platform for coffin or bier catafalquec1660 mausoleum1695 1695 London Gaz. No. 3059/2 The Body..was deposited under a magnificent Mausoleum. 1695 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 505 Stealing part of the fringe from the queen's mausoleum in Westminster Abbey. 1705 London Gaz. No. 4103/1 A very magnificent Mausolæum is preparing in the..Chapel..where the Body is to be Deposited. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Mausoleum,..the word is also used to signify the Decoration of a Tomb, or Catafalcha, in a funeral Pomp. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1500
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