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cenotaph

[ sen-uh-taf, -tahf ]

noun

  1. a sepulchral monument erected in memory of a deceased person whose body is buried elsewhere.


Cenotaph

1

/ ˈsɛnəˌtɑːf /

noun

  1. the Cenotaph
    the monument in Whitehall, London, honouring the dead of both World Wars: designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens: erected in 1920
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


cenotaph

2

/ ˈsɛnəˌtɑːf /

noun

  1. a monument honouring a dead person or persons buried elsewhere
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌcenoˈtaphic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • cen·o·taph·ic [sen-, uh, -, taf, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cenotaph1

1595–1605; < Latin cenotaphium < Greek kenotáphion, equivalent to kenó ( s ) empty + -taphion ( táph ( os ) tomb + -ion diminutive suffix)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cenotaph1

C17: from Latin cenotaphium, from Greek kenotaphion, from kenos empty + taphos tomb
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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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