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Noun: cenotaph  'se-nu,tãf
  1. A monument built to honour people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered
    "The town erected a cenotaph to commemorate the local soldiers lost at sea";
    - empty tomb

Derived forms: cenotaphs

Type of: memorial, monument

Encyclopedia: Cenotaph, Regina