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cenotaph

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


NOUN
tombstone
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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

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

Near Mayence is the cenotaph of Drusus, where his ashes were interred after the funeral oration by Augustus, who came expressly from Rome into Gaul for the purpose.

From The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)




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