cenotaph : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cenotaph	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cenotaph
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cenotaph n a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered Synonym(s): cenotaph, empty tomb
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cenotaph \Cen"otaph\ (s[esl]n"[osl]t[adot]f), n. [Gr. kenota`fion; keno`s empty + ta`fos burial, tomb: cf. F. c[82]notaphe.] An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere. --Dryden. A cenotaph in Westminster Abbey. --Macaulay.