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A monument built to honor soldiers who died in a war
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cenotaph
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Cenotaph \Cen"o*taph\ (s[-e]n"[-o]*t[.a]f), n. [Gr. kenota`fion; keno`s empty + ta`fos burial, tomb: cf. F. c['e]notaphe.] An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere. --Dryden. A cenotaph in Westminster Abbey. ...
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Cenotaph is the ninth studio album released by British musician, songwriter and producer Steven Wilson under the pseudonym Bass Communion . The album varies from the vinyl version to the CD version but primarily consists of four 20-minute tracks which according ...
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n. a monument built to honor soldiers who died in a war
Usage examples of cenotaph.
After all this the emperor came down from the cenotaph to go back to the palace, and they passed by a very beautiful lodging that had been prepared for Tirant and his men.
When they were in the market-place they saw a large cenotaph that the emperor had made, entirely covered with cloth of gold and silk.
Then they had the men rise from the ground, and they were brought up to the cenotaph where they were armed and then degraded as is done with evil knights, and then they were returned to prison.
And he had a cenotaph placed in the center of the marketplace, covered with brocade and silk, for himself, the empress, the princess and all the maidens.
And from the cenotaph to the end of the bridge where they would disembark, he had cloth of red velvet put down so that the captain would step on silk instead of on the ground.
When Tirant was up on the cenotaph with the emperor, he knelt and kissed his hand, and he told the Grand Caramany to kiss his hand.
The emperor and all the ladies came down from the cenotaph, and they went to the great church of Saint Sophia.
When it had gone on for nearly three hours, the emperor came down from the cenotaph, mounted a horse and quickly rode into the fray to separate the men, because he saw that tempers were rising, and many were wounded.
There was a lovely square in that villa, and Tirant had ordered them to make a pretty cenotaph there, nicely decorated with brocade and satin cloths.
The king sat on a beautiful chair covered with brocade on the cenotaph, and a large silver bowl filled with water was placed at one end of the cenotaph.
Tirant had a very tall cenotaph made there so that all the people could be around it.
Then Tirant, King Escariano, the King of Fez and many other barons and knights went onto the cenotaph until it was completely filled.
When they were in the palace square they saw the emperor up above on the cenotaph, seated in the imperial chair, with the empress to his left, and the princess to the right of the emperor, but a little lower, as a sign that she would be the successor to the empire.
Hippolytus went to the cenotaph where the prisoners were and told them to go with him.
They came down from the cenotaph and followed Hippolytus as he led them up to the towers.