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- Dictionarycenotaph/ˈsɛnətɑːf/
noun
- 1. a monument to someone buried elsewhere, especially one commemorating people who died in a war.
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A cenotaph is an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been reinterred elsewhere.
The word cenotaph is derived from the Greek kenos taphos, meaning "empty tomb." A cenotaph is a monument, sometimes in the form of a tomb, to a person or group of persons buried elsewhere. Ancient Greek writings tell of many cenotaphs, although none of them survives.
CENOTAPH definition: 1. a public monument (= special statue or building) built in memory of particular people who died…. Learn more.
Cenotaph definition: a sepulchral monument erected in memory of a deceased person whose body is buried elsewhere.. See examples of CENOTAPH used in a sentence.
CENOTAPH meaning: 1. a public monument (= special statue or building) built in memory of particular people who died…. Learn more.
2 meanings: a monument honouring a dead person or persons buried elsewhere → See the Cenotaph.... Click for more definitions.
A cenotaph is an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a pe...
Cenotaph definition: A monument erected in honor of a dead person whose remains lie elsewhere.
Jul 12, 2008 · A monument, generally in the form of an empty tomb, erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere, especially members of the armed forces who died in battle. A cenotaph was erected for him in Gaul, while his body was taken to Rome and inclosed in a magnificent tomb.
A commemorative monument dedicated to a person or group of people buried elsewhere; esp. a public memorial built in honour of people who died in a war. Monuments of this kind were widely built in Britain and the Commonwealth in the years after the end of the First World War (see sense 1b) and continue to be used for services on Remembrance Sunday.
