cenotaph

Definitions


[ˈsɛnətɑːf], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a monument to someone buried elsewhere, especially one commemorating people who died in a war


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Origin:
early 17th century: from French cénotaphe, from late Latin cenotaphium, from Greek kenos ‘empty’ + taphos ‘tomb’




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