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Webster 1913 Edition

(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.

cenotaph

in Westminster Abbey.

Macaulay.

Noun.

An empty tomb erected in honor of some deceased person; a monument erected to one who is buried elsewhere.