First Known Use: 1578
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cenotaph
noun ceno·taph \ˈse-nə-ˌtaf, -ˌtäf\
: a special structure or statue that is built to remind people of a dead person who is buried somewhere else; especially : a structure built to honor the people who were killed in a war
Full Definition of CENOTAPH
: a tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person or group of persons whose remains are elsewhere
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Origin of CENOTAPH
French cénotaphe, from Latin cenotaphium, from Greek kenotaphion, from kenos empty + taphos tomb
Rhymes with CENOTAPH
allograph, autograph, barograph, bathyscaphe, chronograph, circle graph, cryptograph, epigraph, epitaph, half-and-half, hectograph, holograph, homograph, hygrograph, kymograph, lithograph, logograph, micrograph, monograph, pantograph, paragraph, phonograph, photograph, pictograph, polygraph, quarterstaff, seismograph, serigraph, shadowgraph, shandygaff, spectrograph, sphygmograph, telegraph, thermograph, typograph
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