Cĕn'o-tāph, n.

(sĕn'o-tăt), n. [Gr. κενοτάφιον, of κενός, empty, and τάφος, burial, tomb, from θάπτειν, to bury; Fr. cénotaphe.] An empty tomb erected in honor of some deceased person; a monument erected to one who is buried elsewhere. “A cenotaph in Westminster Abbey.” Macaulay.