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cenotaph

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cen·o·taph  (sn-tf)
n.
A monument erected in honor of a dead person whose remains lie elsewhere.

[French cénotaphe, from Old French, from Latin cenotaphium, from Greek kenotaphion : kenos, empty + taphos, tomb.]

ceno·taphic adj.

cenotaph [ˈsɛnəˌtɑːf]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a monument honouring a dead person or persons buried elsewhere
[from Latin cenotaphium, from Greek kenotaphion, from kenos empty + taphos tomb]
cenotaphic  adj

Cenotaph [ˈsɛnəˌtɑːf]
n
(Placenames / Named Buildings) the. the monument in Whitehall, London, honouring the dead of both World Wars: designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens: erected in 1920
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cenotaph - a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered
monument, memorial - a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
Translations
cenotaph [ˈsenətɑːf] Ncenotafio m

cenotaph [ˈsɛnətɑːf] ncénotaphe m

cenotaph
nMahnmal nt, → Ehrenmal nt, → Kenotaph m

cenotaph [ˈsɛnəˌtɑːf] ncenotafio
cenotaph [ˈsɛnəˌtɑːf] ncenotafio

cenotaph
n cenotaph [ˈsenətaːf]
a monument to a person or people buried elsewhere, especially a monument built in memory of soldiers etc killed in war. senotaaf, praalgraf نُصُب تِذْكاري паметник на човек, погребан другаде kenotaf, pomník gravmæle; mindesmærke; kenotaf das Ehrenmal κενοτάφιο cenotafio mälestusmonument مقبره؛ بنای یادبود hautamuistomerkki cénotaphe מַצֶבֶת זִכָּרון @@@זִיכָּרוֹן$$$ जंग इत्यादि में मारे गए सैनिकों की याद में बनाए गए स्मारक spomenik (dísz)síremlék monumen minnismerki cenotafio 記念碑 (사망자) 기념비 kenotafas, simbolinis antkapinis paminklas piemineklis (karā kritušajiem) tugu cenotaaf minnesmerke kamień pamiątkowy cenotáfio cenotaf, monument кенотаф kenotaf kenotaf spomenik cenotafium อนุสาวรีย์ที่ระลึกถึงผู้ตายซึ่งเสียชีวิตในที่อื่น anıt mezar, abide 紀念碑 кенотаф خالی قبر ، یاد گار ، مقبرہ đài tưởng niệm


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It was composed principally of large empty calabashes, with a few polished cocoanut shells, and looked not unlike a cenotaph of skulls.
Between the marble cenotaphs on either hand of the pulpit, the wall which formed its back was adorned with a large painting representing a gallant ship beating against a terrible storm off a lee coast of black rocks and snowy breakers.
Great guide-boards of stone, But travelers none; Cenotaphs of the towns Named on their crowns.
 
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