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   cenotaph

   /ˈsɛnətɑːf/

   noun

   • 1. a monument to someone buried elsewhere, especially one commemorating people who died in a war.
   • ▪ the war memorial in Whitehall, London, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and erected in 1919–20.

   Word Origin early 17th century: from French cénotaphe, from late Latin cenotaphium, from Greek kenos ‘empty’ + taphos ‘tomb’.

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