Cenotaph Definition

sĕnə-tăf
cenotaphs
noun
cenotaphs
A monument or empty tomb honoring a person or persons whose remains are elsewhere.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • empty tomb

Other Word Forms of Cenotaph

Noun

Singular:
cenotaph
Plural:
cenotaphs

Origin of Cenotaph

  • French cénotaphe from Old French from Latin cenotaphium from Greek kenotaphion kenos empty taphos tomb

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French cénotaphe, from Ancient Greek κενός (kenos, “empty”) + τάφος (taphos, “tomb”).

    From Wiktionary

Cenotaph Sentence Examples

  • Byron died here in 1824, and is commemorated by a cenotaph and a statue.

  • I looked back to see the cenotaph once more, and by now the stone man was fully visible on the slab.

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

  • The names of wars in this century were read out following a minute's silence around a specially built alternative cenotaph.

  • In London there is a large memorial called the cenotaph in Whitehall, and each Remembrance Sunday a big ceremony is held there.

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Words Starting With

CCECEN

Words Ending With

HPHAPH

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