About The Word Cenotaph
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Cenotaph
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What's The Definition Of Cenotaph?
[n] a monument built to honor soldiers who died in a war
Synonyms | Synonyms for Cenotaph: Related Terms | Find terms related to Cenotaph: arch | barrow | beehive tomb | bone house | boundary stone | box grave | brass | burial | burial chamber | burial mound | bust | cairn | catacombs | charnel house | cist | cist grave | column | cromlech | cross | crypt | cup | cyclolith | deep six | dokhma | dolmen | footstone | grave | gravestone | headstone | hoarstone | house of death | inscription | last home | long home | low green tent | low house | marker | mastaba | mausoleum | megalith | memento | memorial | memorial arch | memorial column | memorial statue | memorial stone | menhir | monolith | monstrance | monument | mound | mummy chamber | narrow house | necrology | obelisk | obituary | ossuarium | ossuary | passage grave | pillar | pit | plaque | prize | pyramid | reliquary | remembrance | resting place | ribbon | rostral column | sepulcher | shaft | shaft grave | shrine | stela | stone | stupa | tablet | testimonial | tomb | tombstone | tope | tower of silence | trophy | tumulus | vault See Also | memorial | monument Cenotaph In Webster's Dictionary \Cen"o*taph\ (s[-e]n"[-o]*t[.a]f), n. [Gr. kenota`fion;
keno`s empty + ta`fos burial, tomb: cf. F. c['e]notaphe.]
An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who
is buried elsewhere. --Dryden.
A cenotaph in Westminster Abbey. --Macaulay.
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