cenotaph

ceno·taph

noun \ˈse-nə-ˌtaf, -ˌtäf\

Definition of CENOTAPH

: a tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person or group of persons whose remains are elsewhere

Origin of CENOTAPH

French cénotaphe, from Latin cenotaphium, from Greek kenotaphion, from kenos empty + taphos tomb

First Known Use: 1578

Rhymes with CENOTAPH

allograph, autograph, barograph, bathyscaphe, chronograph, circle graph, cryptograph, epigraph, epitaph, half-and-half, hectograph, holograph, homograph, hygrograph, kymograph, lithograph, logograph, micrograph, monograph, pantograph, paragraph, phonograph, photograph, pictograph, polygraph, quarterstaff, seismograph, serigraph, shadowgraph, shandygaff, spectrograph, sphygmograph, telegraph, thermograph, typograph