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cenotaph

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


NOUN
tombstone
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Inaugurated in 1932, the marble cenotaph honours the memory of Greek soldiers fallen in combat.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025

GMP said there was also another incident of vandalism at the cenotaph on Monday when poppies were taken down.

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

This most eloquent discourse was listened to with attention and delight by the vast congregation that had gathered round the cenotaph of the immortal patriot.

From Pius IX. And His Time by Æneas MacDonell Dawson


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