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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

Police community support officers are now guarding the cenotaph on the Esplanade, Rochdale, after the vandalism.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 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

This most eloquent discourse was listened to with attention and delight by the vast congregation that had gathered round the cenotaph of the immortal patriot.

From Pius IX. And His Time by Dawson, Æneas MacDonell




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