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cenotaph

[sen-uh-taf, -tahf] / ˈsɛn əˌtæf, -ˌtɑf /


NOUN
tombstone
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In the square leading to the cenotaph, relatives and friends have written the names and ages of the disaster's 57 victims in red paint.

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

Ms Rogers said the knitted cenotaph and soldier are open to anyone to view at the reception building of the retirement village.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2023

Choi kneels before the cenotaph and hangs his head.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2023

“A vast cenotaph of secession” was how the journalist and historian Tony Horwitz described Richmond in his 1998 book, “Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches From the Unfinished Civil War.”

From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2022

His reappearance caused great surprise, as his evil reputation was now public property and the authorities had removed his cenotaph from Westminster Abbey and sold it to a rag-shop.

From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various




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