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