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Cenotaph

//ˈsɛn.əˌtæf// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A war memorial in Whitehall, London, England. UK

    "Top Gear bosses have defended the show after it was criticised for filming scenes near the Cenotaph in central London."

Noun
  1. 1
    A monument, generally in the form of an empty tomb, erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere, especially members of the armed forces who died in battle.

    "A cenotaph was erected for him in Gaul, while his body was taken to Rome and inclosed in a magnificent tomb."

  2. 2
    a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered wordnet

Etymology

From French cénotaphe, from Ancient Greek κενός (kenós, “empty”) + τάφος (táphos, “tomb”). By surface analysis ceno- + -taph.

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