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ceno·taph (sen′ə taf′)

noun

a monument or empty tomb honoring a person or persons whose remains are elsewhere

Etymology: Fr cénotaphe < L cenotaphium < Gr kenotaphion < kenos, empty + taphos, tomb

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cenotaph Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • pass: Once the ceremony was finished the thousands of people who had lined the streets began to queue to pass the Cenotaph.

Adjective modifier

  • temporary: This ' floral ' temporary cenotaph was erected in Bowling Park, Bradford, shortly after the war.

Noun used with modifier

  • marble: Day 3 This morning you will be taken to Jodhpur where you will visit the Mehrangarh Fort and the marble cenotaph at Jaswant Thada.
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cenotaph quotes

I am the daughter of Earth and Water, And the nursling of the Sky; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores; I change, but I cannot die, For after the rain when with never a stain The pavilion of Heaven is bare, And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams Build up the blue dome of air, I silently laugh at my own cenotaph, And out of the caverns of rain, Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb, I arise and unbuild it again.

-Shelley, Percy Bysshe

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