Cenotaph Synonyms

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A monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. empty tomb

Cenotaph Sentence Examples

  • Byron died here in 1824, and is commemorated by a cenotaph and a statue.

  • Once the ceremony was finished the thousands of people who had lined the streets began to queue to pass the cenotaph.

  • The names of wars in this century were read out following a minute's silence around a specially built alternative cenotaph.

  • I looked back to see the cenotaph once more, and by now the stone man was fully visible on the slab.

  • In London there is a large memorial called the cenotaph in Whitehall, and each Remembrance Sunday a big ceremony is held there.

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