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Definition of cenotaph in English: cenotaphnoun ˈsɛnətafˈsɛnətɑːfˈsɛnəˌtæf 1A monument to someone buried elsewhere, especially one commemorating people who died in a war. Example sentencesExamples - Civic leaders and youth groups took part in the commemoration which included a march past, the laying of wreaths at the cenotaph and a service at Bury Parish Church led by Rev Dr John Findon.
- Towns whose population has since dwindled to negligible still have their cenotaph or war memorial, as do schools and churches.
- More than 1,000 people ignored the rain and gathered round the cenotaph outside Rochdale Town Hall to pay their respects those who have laid down their lives during war.
- The cenotaphs or other monuments locally had to be in public places and not hidden in churchyards.
- But Coun Robert Heseltine said that earlier in the year the council had already agreed to repair and maintain the cenotaph and other war memorials in Skipton.
- After the main ceremony in the school, the colour guard of RCMP and Rangers marched to the cenotaph in Victory Gardens, where they set the wreathes around the monument and sang the National Anthem.
- The march will proceed down Molesworth Street to the cenotaph for the commemorative Anzac Day service.
- From its size to its content, Inferno feels like a cenotaph, a monument dedicated to the memory of the victims.
- I was very pleased to see a lot of youths at the Remembrance service at the cenotaph in Milnrow Memorial Park on Sunday morning.
- Today, it was the mayoral candidates' turn to stage demonstrations around the cenotaph.
- After the main ceremony there was a briefer wreath laying at the cenotaph in Victory Gardens and luncheon at St. Mary's Catholic Church.
- The walls enclose a mosque and the cenotaphs of Abraham and his wife Sarah, and two of their sons along with their wives: Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Leah.
- A procession led by the Lord Mayor, Coun Roy Walters made its way from the town hall to the cenotaph in St Peter's Square where a memorial service took place.
- Following a service there, the parade makes its way back to the cenotaph via Church Hill for a service of dedication.
- The cenotaphs offered commemoration when what was needed - then and now - was reconciliation.
- In the grounds, swathed in palm fronds, stands a marble cenotaph commemorating the dead of the Highland Light Infantry stationed in Karachi from 1898 to 1899.
- In Bolton, two Falklands soldiers who were once enemies, but are now friends joined the remembrance service at the cenotaph.
- After the wreath laying ceremony at the cenotaph and the service at Holy Trinity Church conducted by Rev Botwright, the parade will march past the civic dignitaries and finally be dismissed in Newmarket Street.
- Former commando George Bower, 82, of Southampton, would have liked to have seen a service at the cenotaph to remember the war dead.
- Following a service, the parade marched back along Church Hill to the cenotaph for the Last Post / Reveille and a wreath-laying ceremony.
- 1.1the Cenotaph The war memorial in Whitehall, London, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and erected in 1919–20.
Origin Early 17th century: from French cénotaphe, from late Latin cenotaphium, from Greek kenos 'empty' + taphos 'tomb'. Definition of cenotaph in US English: cenotaphnounˈsɛnəˌtæfˈsenəˌtaf A monument to someone buried elsewhere, especially one commemorating people who died in a war. Example sentencesExamples - But Coun Robert Heseltine said that earlier in the year the council had already agreed to repair and maintain the cenotaph and other war memorials in Skipton.
- The march will proceed down Molesworth Street to the cenotaph for the commemorative Anzac Day service.
- Following a service, the parade marched back along Church Hill to the cenotaph for the Last Post / Reveille and a wreath-laying ceremony.
- In the grounds, swathed in palm fronds, stands a marble cenotaph commemorating the dead of the Highland Light Infantry stationed in Karachi from 1898 to 1899.
- The cenotaphs or other monuments locally had to be in public places and not hidden in churchyards.
- Towns whose population has since dwindled to negligible still have their cenotaph or war memorial, as do schools and churches.
- Today, it was the mayoral candidates' turn to stage demonstrations around the cenotaph.
- After the wreath laying ceremony at the cenotaph and the service at Holy Trinity Church conducted by Rev Botwright, the parade will march past the civic dignitaries and finally be dismissed in Newmarket Street.
- The cenotaphs offered commemoration when what was needed - then and now - was reconciliation.
- From its size to its content, Inferno feels like a cenotaph, a monument dedicated to the memory of the victims.
- The walls enclose a mosque and the cenotaphs of Abraham and his wife Sarah, and two of their sons along with their wives: Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Leah.
- After the main ceremony in the school, the colour guard of RCMP and Rangers marched to the cenotaph in Victory Gardens, where they set the wreathes around the monument and sang the National Anthem.
- More than 1,000 people ignored the rain and gathered round the cenotaph outside Rochdale Town Hall to pay their respects those who have laid down their lives during war.
- In Bolton, two Falklands soldiers who were once enemies, but are now friends joined the remembrance service at the cenotaph.
- I was very pleased to see a lot of youths at the Remembrance service at the cenotaph in Milnrow Memorial Park on Sunday morning.
- Following a service there, the parade makes its way back to the cenotaph via Church Hill for a service of dedication.
- Civic leaders and youth groups took part in the commemoration which included a march past, the laying of wreaths at the cenotaph and a service at Bury Parish Church led by Rev Dr John Findon.
- After the main ceremony there was a briefer wreath laying at the cenotaph in Victory Gardens and luncheon at St. Mary's Catholic Church.
- Former commando George Bower, 82, of Southampton, would have liked to have seen a service at the cenotaph to remember the war dead.
- A procession led by the Lord Mayor, Coun Roy Walters made its way from the town hall to the cenotaph in St Peter's Square where a memorial service took place.
Origin Early 17th century: from French cénotaphe, from late Latin cenotaphium, from Greek kenos ‘empty’ + taphos ‘tomb’. |