Cenotaph \Cen"o*taph\ (s[-e]n"[-o]*t[.a]f), n. [Gr. kenota`fion; keno`s empty + ta`fos burial, tomb: cf. F. c['e]notaphe.] An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere. --Dryden. A cenotaph in Westminster Abbey. --Macaulay.
cenotaph n : a monument built to honor soldiers who died in a war