cenotaph
noun
- installation as memorial for the last journey in front of the entrance of the Bremgarten cemetery in the city of Bern, Switzerland
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛn.əˌtɑːf/ / /ˈsɛn.əˌtæf/
name
- A war memorial in Whitehall, London, England.
“Top Gear bosses have defended the show after it was criticised for filming scenes near the Cenotaph in central London.”
“Never has the Cenotaph, in its 103 years of standing sentry on Whitehall, been “defended” on Armistice Day by a Port Vale fan supping a can of Stella Artois.”
noun
Etymology: From French cénotaphe, from Ancient Greek κενός (kenós, “empty”) + τάφος (táphos, “tomb”). By surface analysis ceno- + -taph.
- A monument, generally in the form of an empty tomb, erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere, especially members of the armed forces who died in battle.
“A cenotaph was erected for him in Gaul, while his body was taken to Rome and inclosed in a magnificent tomb.”
“[…] tombs and cenotaphs were strewed thick around adorned by every renewing vegetation; […]”