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cen⋅o⋅taph

  [sen-uh-taf, -tahf]
–noun
a sepulchral monument erected in memory of a deceased person whose body is buried elsewhere.
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Origin:
1595–1605; < L cenotaphium < Gk kenotáphion, equiv. to kenó(s) empty + -taphion (táph(os) tomb + -ion dim. suffix)

Related forms:
cen⋅o⋅taph⋅ic  [sen-uh-taf-ik] , adjective
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cen·o·taph   (sěn'ə-tāf')   
n.  A monument erected in honor of a dead person whose remains lie elsewhere.

[French cénotaphe, from Old French, from Latin cenotaphium, from Greek kenotaphion : kenos, empty + taphos, tomb.]
cen'o·taph'ic adj.
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Word Origin & History

cenotaph 
1603, from Fr. cénotaphe (16c.), from L. cenotaphium, from Gk. kenotaphion, from kenos "empty" + taphos "tomb."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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