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cenotaph
[ sen-uh-taf, -tahf ]
noun
- a sepulchral monument erected in memory of a deceased person whose body is buried elsewhere.
Cenotaph
1/ ˈsɛnəˌtɑːf /
noun
- the Cenotaphthe monument in Whitehall, London, honouring the dead of both World Wars: designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens: erected in 1920
cenotaph
2/ ˈsɛnəˌtɑːf /
noun
- a monument honouring a dead person or persons buried elsewhere
Derived Forms
- ˌcenoˈtaphic, adjective
Other Words From
- cen·o·taph·ic [sen-, uh, -, taf, -ik], adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of cenotaph1
Word History and Origins
Origin of cenotaph1
Example Sentences
Others think it may be a cenotaph, built to house Alexander himself but then left empty after Ptolemy made off with his body.
Walking in the rain toward the cenotaph, I observed that about every other person wore a red paper poppy in the lapel.
One of the figures guarding the Maximilian cenotaph wears a precisely similar hauberk.
And this self-denying ordinance speaks more for James Moore's love of his lost wife than many a lordly cenotaph.
This end might be attained by erecting a cenotaph in his honour in every churchyard and cemetery in England.
There were celebrations in the streets of London and a vast crowd visited the cenotaph and sang Rule Britannia.
It is an ingenious and brilliant addition to the public part of the tomb, to the cenotaph.
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