Definitions for cenotaph

cenotaph cen·o·taph

Spelling: [sen-uh-taf, -tahf]
IPA: /ˈsɛn əˌtæf, -ˌtɑf/

Cenotaph is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 392 anagrams from letters in cenotaph (acehnopt).

Definitions for cenotaph

noun

  1. a sepulchral monument erected in memory of a deceased person whose body is buried elsewhere.

Origin of cenotaph

1595-1605; Latin cenotaphium Greek kenotáphion, equivalent to kenó(s) empty + -taphion (táph(os) tomb + -ion diminutive suffix)

Examples for cenotaph

The cenotaph is built entirely of native stone of different varieties.

Others think it may be a cenotaph, built to house Alexander himself but then left empty after Ptolemy made off with his body.

The cenotaph is engraved with ninety-nine names of the deity.

So to-night we shall think of him when we pray before the cenotaph.

And a fitting monument of silence is the cenotaph, the empty tomb.

Close by her cenotaph stands the family temple of the Holkars.

Humayun's cenotaph, in plain white marble, is in the very centre.

The present chapter is a cenotaph to the French Encyclopædists.

This, however, is only a cenotaph, marking the spot where his heart is preserved.

Walking in the rain toward the cenotaph, I observed that about every other person wore a red paper poppy in the lapel.

Word Value for cenotaph
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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