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cenotaph

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


NOUN
tombstone
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The two minute silence was observed and then politicians, dignitaries and military personnel began the wreath laying at the cenotaph.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2025

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025

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

Yvonne Meredith and Gary Brooks are cousins whose great-grandfather, Levi Coleman, is named on the cenotaph.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2023

The cenotaph afterwards erected in Stoke Park by Mr. Penn is described below.

From Select Poems of Thomas Gray by Robert Carruthers


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