Associations to the word «Cenotaph»

Wiktionary

CENOTAPH, noun. A monument erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere; especially members of the armed forces who died in battle.

Dictionary definition

CENOTAPH, noun. A monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered.

Wise words

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche