cenotaph Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered
    empty tomb.

WordNet

Cen"o*taph noun
Etymology
Gr. empty + burial, tomb: cf. F. cénotaphe.
Definitions
  1. An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere. Dryden.
    A cenotaph in Westminster Abbey. Macaulay.

Webster 1913