as in memorial
a special structure or statue that is built to remind people of a dead person who is buried somewhere else
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Hundreds of others squared up to police with shields at the town’s cenotaph, throwing bricks, cans, and pots at officers.
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Pan Pylas, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2024
The building features a number of elaborate interior details, including crypts and tombs, cenotaphs, iwans, chhatris, and minarets, as well as sarcophagus elements.
—Kathleen Felton, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2024
This epigram is quoted by Herodotus as the second of three displayed at the site of Thermopylae on monuments or cenotaphs.
—A.e. Stallings, The New York Review of Books, 17 Aug. 2023
In the midst of tragedy, Back Home in Lahaina has become something of a cenotaph to the lost lives, buildings and history of the culturally rich town.
—Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
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Pan Pylas, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2024
The building features a number of elaborate interior details, including crypts and tombs, cenotaphs, iwans, chhatris, and minarets, as well as sarcophagus elements.
—Kathleen Felton, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2024
This epigram is quoted by Herodotus as the second of three displayed at the site of Thermopylae on monuments or cenotaphs.
—A.e. Stallings, The New York Review of Books, 17 Aug. 2023
In the midst of tragedy, Back Home in Lahaina has become something of a cenotaph to the lost lives, buildings and history of the culturally rich town.
—Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
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“Cenotaph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cenotaph. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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