cenotaph

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered

From French cénotaphe, from Ancient Greek κενός (kenós, “empty”) + τάφος (táphos, “tomb”). By surface analysis ceno- + -taph.

Why should the clear sky be the cloud's cenotaph? — The Literary World Seventh Reader, Unknown
Illumination from the dome falls on the cenotaphs of Emperor Shah-Jahan and Mumtaz Mahall, queen of his realm and his heart. — Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda
White as the breast her new babe vainly pressed That ill day in the camp at Burhanpur, The fair shrine stands, guarding two cenotaphs." — India, Its Life and Thought, John P. (John Peter) Jones

empty tomb

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