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cenotaph

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


NOUN
tombstone
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Theirs are among 51 names on that pale grey granite cenotaph.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 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

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

Five-dot groups, idea of, 256; on monolith “Divine Twin,” 260; on coin found in island of Crete, 457; on the cenotaph of king Midas, 459.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Zelia Nuttall


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