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cenotaph

[ sen-uh-taf, -tahf ]

noun

  1. a sepulchral monument erected in memory of a deceased person whose body is buried elsewhere.


Cenotaph

1

/ ˈɛəˌɑː /

noun

  1. the Cenotaph
    the monument in Whitehall, London, honouring the dead of both World Wars: designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens: erected in 1920
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cenotaph

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/ ˈɛəˌɑː /

noun

  1. a monument honouring a dead person or persons buried elsewhere
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԴˈٲ󾱳, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ··ٲ· [sen-, uh, -, taf, -ik], adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cenotaph1

1595–1605; < Latin cenotaphium < Greek Դdzá󾱴Dz, equivalent to ó ( s ) empty + -taphion ( á ( os ) tomb + -ion diminutive suffix)
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cenotaph1

C17: from Latin cenotaphium, from Greek kenotaphion, from kenos empty + taphos tomb
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Flowers and messages were left at the cenotaph in the One Direction performer's home town following his death in Argentina in October.

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Cleveland Police called the violence "staggering", with 43 people arrested after an event that started at the town's cenotaph.

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The youths were "angry" after seeing a man remove Palestinian flags from the cenotaph on social media, the CPS said.

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Twelve people were killed after a bomb exploded at the town's cenotaph on 8 November 1987, during a Remembrance Sunday ceremony.

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Ms Rogers said the knitted cenotaph and soldier are open to anyone to view at the reception building of the retirement village.

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