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Webster 1913 Edition
Cenotaph
Cen′o-taph
(sē̍n′ō̍-tȧf)
, Noun.
[Gr.
κενοτάφιον
; κενόσ
empty + τάφοσ
burial, tomb: cf. F. cénotaphe
.] An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere.
Dryden.
A
cenotaph
in Westminster Abbey. Macaulay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cenotaph
CENOTAPH
,Noun.
Definition 2025
cenotaph
cenotaph
English
Lincoln's cenotaph
Noun
cenotaph (plural cenotaphs)
- A monument erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere; especially members of the armed forces who died in battle.
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 2, chapter 1
- […] tombs and cenotaphs were strewed thick around adorned by every renewing vegetation; […]
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 2, chapter 1
Translations
monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere