cenotaph

  • 21Cenotaph, Regina — The Cenotaph, in Regina, Saskatchewan, was built in honour Regina s fallen heroes of World War I. In 1925, a design competition was held for the construction of the Cenotaph.The winning architect was R.W.G. Heughan of Ross Macdonald, Montreal,… …

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  • 22Cenotaph (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Cenotaph Type = EP Artist = Bolt Thrower Released = 1990 Recorded = Slaughterhouse Studios, September 1990 July 1989 Kilbum National, November 16th 1989 Genre = Death metal Length = 14:49 Label = Earache Producer = Colin… …

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  • 23Cenotaph War Memorial, Colombo — Infobox Military Memorial name=Cenotaph War Memorial, Colombo body=Sri Lanka caption= commemorates=Commonwealth soldiers killed in the Great War and the Second World War coordinates= nearest town=Colombo designer= unveiled= 1922 source=The… …

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  • 24cenotaph — noun Etymology: French cénotaphe, from Latin cenotaphium, from Greek kenotaphion, from kenos empty + taphos tomb Date: 1578 a tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person or group of persons whose remains are elsewhere …

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  • 25cenotaph — noun /ˈsɛn.əʊ.tæf,ˈsɛn.əʊ.tɑːf,ˈsɛn.ə.tæf/ A monument erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere; especially members of the armed forces who died in battle …

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  • 26cenotaph — Synonyms and related words: arch, barrow, beehive tomb, bone house, boundary stone, box grave, brass, burial, burial chamber, burial mound, bust, cairn, catacombs, charnel house, cist, cist grave, column, cromlech, cross, crypt, cup, cyclolith,… …

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  • 27cenotaph — cen|o|taph [ˈsenəta:f US tæf] n [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: cénotaphe, from Latin, from Greek kenotaphion, from kenos empty + taphos tomb ] a ↑monument built to remind people of soldiers, sailors etc who were killed in a war and are… …

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  • 28cenotaph — cen|o|taph [ senə,tæf ] noun count a large structure built to remind people of soldiers, sailors, etc. who died in wars …

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  • 29cenotaph — cen·o·taph || senəʊtɑːf n. monument erected in memory of a person whose body is buried in another place …

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  • 30cenotaph — [ sɛnətα:f, taf] noun a monument to someone buried elsewhere, especially a war memorial. Origin C17: from Fr. cénotaphe, from late L. cenotaphium, from Gk kenos empty + taphos tomb …

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