Look up: cenotaph

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   Cenotaph
   From the Greek word meaning; 'empty tomb'. A tomb built for ceremonial purposes that was never intended to be used for the interment of the deceased.
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   Cenotaph
   A cenotaph is a monument erected in honour of a deceased person, but not containing his body. The Greeks erected cenotaphs, and a number were built in England after the Great War, the most famous is in Whitehall, London which was designed by Sir E Luytens and unveiled by the King on Armistice Day (11th November 1920).
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   cenotaph
   [n] - a monument built to honor soldiers who died in a war
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   cenotaph
   Monument to commemorate a person or persons not actually buried at the site, as in the Whitehall Cenotaph, London, designed by Edwin Lutyens to commemorate the dead of both world wars. ...
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   Cenotaph
   Cen'o·taph (sen'o*tȧf) noun [ Greek kenota`fion ; keno`s empty + ta`fos burial, tomb: confer French cénotaphe .] 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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   cenotaph
   noun a monument built to honor soldiers who died in a war
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   Cenotaph
   A `cenotaph` is a tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of persons whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been interred elsewhere. The word derives from the Greek κενοÃ?„άÃ?•Î¹Î¿Î½ (`kenos`, one meaning being `empty`, and `taphos`, `tomb`). Although the vast majority of cenotaphs are erected in honour of individuals, many of the best-known cenotaphs are instead dedicated to t...
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   Cenotaph
   • (n.) An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere.
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   cenotaph
   (from Greek kenotaphion, `empty tomb`), monument, sometimes in the form of a tomb, to a person who is buried elsewhere. Greek writings indicate that ... [1 related articles]
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    cenotaph
    cenotaph, coenotaph 1. An empty tomb or sepulcher; a sepulchral monument erected in honor of a deceased person whose body is located in some other place. 2. A sepulchral monument raised to the memory of a person or people buried elsewhere.
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