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 always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.