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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered;
[syn: cenotaph, empty tomb]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cenotaph \Cen"o*taph\ (s[-e]n"[-o]*t[.a]f), n. [Gr. kenota`fion;
   keno`s empty + ta`fos burial, tomb: cf. F. c['e]notaphe.]
   An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who
   is buried elsewhere. --Dryden.
   [1913 Webster]

         A cenotaph in Westminster Abbey.         --Macaulay.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cenotaph
    n 1: a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred
         elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered [syn:
         cenotaph, empty tomb]