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cenotaph

noun

Definition of cenotaph

as in memorial

a special structure or statue that is built to remind people of a dead person who is buried somewhere else

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Recent Examples of cenotaph Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, the city’s mayor and other officials laid flowers at the cenotaph. — Mari Yamaguchi, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025 Ancient Origins continues that archaeologists expected to find human remains or grave goods, the absence of which communicated to researchers that the site was a cenotaph, a symbolic grave for someone who was laid to rest elsewhere. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2025 This image taken on August 5, 2025, shows the cenotaph ahead of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. — Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025 President Barack Obama hugs Shigeaki Mori at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial park cenotaph in Hiroshima on May 27, 2016. — CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cenotaph

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But what was once a small memorial is now just the base of an old rotary phone without the handset.

— Staff Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
The address concluded with a fireworks display over the memorial after storms earlier in the evening cleared.

— Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 5 July 2026

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All over the globe, whether in distant seaports, capitals, mega-cities, villages, town squares, or central parks, prominent monuments to various individuals from history are featured.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 July 2026
Visitors can also learn about the cemetery’s historic monuments, artistic stone carvings and the preservation efforts that help protect the important cultural resource.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026

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