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Cenotaph

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Gr. eepbs, empty, Tits os, tomb), a monument or tablet to the memory of a person whose body is buried elsewhere.

The custom arose from the erection of monuments to those whose bodies could not be recovered, as in the case of drowning.

Bibliography Information
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Cenotaph'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/cenotaph.html. 1910.
 
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