cenotaph

  • 1Cenotaph — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Cenotaph Información personal Origen México …

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  • 2Cenotaph — Cen o*taph (s[ e]n [ o]*t[.a]f), n. [Gr. kenota fion; keno s empty + ta fos burial, tomb: cf. F. c[ e]notaphe.] An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere. Dryden. [1913 Webster] A cenotaph in Westminster… …

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  • 3cenotaph — index monument Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4cenotaph — c.1600, from Fr. cénotaphe (16c.), from L. cenotaphium, from Gk. kenotaphion, from kenos empty + taphos tomb, burial, funeral, from PIE root *dhembh to bury …

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  • 5cenotaph — ► NOUN ▪ a monument to someone buried elsewhere, especially a war memorial. ORIGIN from Greek kenos empty + taphos tomb …

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  • 6cenotaph — [sen′ə taf΄] n. [Fr cénotaphe < L cenotaphium < Gr kenotaphion < kenos, empty + taphos, tomb] a monument or empty tomb honoring a person or persons whose remains are elsewhere …

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  • 7Cenotaph — A cenotaph is a tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of persons whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been interred elsewhere. The word derives from the Greek κενοτάϕιον (… …

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  • 8Cenotaph — Bada Bagh, Kenotaphe in der Nähe von Jaisalmer, Rajasthan/Indien Ein Kenotaph (auch Cenotaph oder Zenotaph, aus altgr. kenotaphion κενοτάφιον, zu kenos κενός ‚leer‘ und taphos τάφος ‚Grab‘), auch Scheingrab genannt …

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  • 9cenotaph — UK [ˈsenətɑːf] / US [ˈsenəˌtæf] noun [countable] Word forms cenotaph : singular cenotaph plural cenotaphs a) a large structure built to remind people of soldiers, sailors etc who died in wars b) the Cenotaph the structure like this in Whitehall,… …

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  • 10cenotaph — cenotaphic /sen euh taf ik/, adj. /sen euh taf , tahf /, n. a sepulchral monument erected in memory of a deceased person whose body is buried elsewhere. [1595 1605; < L cenotaphium < Gk kenotáphion, equiv. to kenó(s) empty + taphion (táph(os)&#8230; …

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