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cen·o·taph
(sĕn′ə-tăf′)n.
A monument erected in honor of a dead person whose remains lie elsewhere.
[French cénotaphe, from Old French, from Latin cenotaphium, from Greek kenotaphion : kenos, empty + taphos, tomb.]
cen′o·taph′ic adj.
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cenotaph
(ˈsɛnəˌtɑːf)n
(Architecture) a monument honouring a dead person or persons buried elsewhere
[C17: from Latin cenotaphium, from Greek kenotaphion, from kenos empty + taphos tomb]
ˌcenoˈtaphic adj
Cenotaph
(ˈsɛnəˌtɑːf)n
(Named Buildings) the Cenotaph the monument in Whitehall, London, honouring the dead of both World Wars: designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens: erected in 1920
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cen•o•taph
(ˈsɛn əˌtæf, -ˌtɑf)n.
a sepulchral monument erected in memory of a deceased person whose body is buried elsewhere.
[1595–1605; < Latin cenotaphium < Greek kenotáphion=kenó(s) empty + -taphion, derivative of táphos tomb]
cen`o•taph′ic (-ˈtæf ɪk) adj.
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cenotaph
A monument to those buried elsewhere.
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Noun 1. cenotaph - a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered
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Translations
نُصُب تِذْكاري
kenotafpomník
gravmælekenotafmindesmærke
kenotafimuistohauta
díszsíremlék
minnismerki
kenotafassimbolinis antkapinis paminklas
piemineklis
kenotaf
kenotaf
abide anıt mezar
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cenotaph
(ˈsenətaːf) noun a monument to a person or people buried elsewhere, especially a monument built in memory of soldiers etc killed in war. senotaaf, praalgraf نُصُب تِذْكاري паметник на човек, погребан другаде cenotáfio kenotaf, pomník das Ehrenmal gravmæle; mindesmærke; kenotaf κενοτάφιο cenotafio mälestusmonument مقبره؛ بنای یادبود sankarivainajien muistomerkki cénotaphe מצבת זכרון, זיכרון जंग इत्यादि में मारे गए सैनिकों की याद में बनाए गए स्मारक spomenik (dísz)síremlék monumen minnismerki cenotafio 記念碑 (사망자) 기념비 kenotafas, simbolinis antkapinis paminklas piemineklis (karā kritušajiem) tugu cenotaaf minnesmerke kamień pamiątkowy هدیره cenotáfio cenotaf, monument кенотаф kenotaf kenotaf spomenik cenotafium อนุสาวรีย์ที่ระลึกถึงผู้ตายซึ่งเสียชีวิตในที่อื่น anıt mezar, abide 紀念碑 кенотаф خالی قبر ، یاد گار ، مقبرہ đài tưởng niệm 纪念碑
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