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cenotaph

noun as in pyramid

noun as in tombstone

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Others think it may be a cenotaph, built to house Alexander himself but then left empty after Ptolemy made off with his body.

Walking in the rain toward the cenotaph, I observed that about every other person wore a red paper poppy in the lapel.

One of the figures guarding the Maximilian cenotaph wears a precisely similar hauberk.

And this self-denying ordinance speaks more for James Moore's love of his lost wife than many a lordly cenotaph.

This end might be attained by erecting a cenotaph in his honour in every churchyard and cemetery in England.

There were celebrations in the streets of London and a vast crowd visited the cenotaph and sang Rule Britannia.

It is an ingenious and brilliant addition to the public part of the tomb, to the cenotaph.

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On this page you'll find 49 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cenotaph, such as: gravestone, headstone, marker, masterpiece, mausoleum, and pillar.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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