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cenotaph

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


NOUN
tombstone
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The cenotaph "is not a billboard for claims, however respectable they may be," he said.

From Barron's Oct. 23, 2025

Police community support officers are now guarding the cenotaph on the Esplanade, Rochdale, after the vandalism.

From BBC Nov. 7, 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

As the corpse was being removed from the cenotaph every head was uncovered.

From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by Smith, G. Barnett




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