cenotaphs
Memorials without bodies
Cenotaphs are monuments erected to honor the dead whose remains are buried elsewhere or were never recovered.
The word comes from Greek roots meaning "empty tomb," and these memorials serve as focal points for public mourning and remembrance when there is no accessible grave.
War memorials commemorating soldiers who died in foreign lands are often cenotaphs.
The cenotaph in the town square honors local veterans of the Great War.
Unoccupied burial chamber
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- war memorialTribute to fallen soldiers
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
- tributeOffering of respect
remembrance · honor · fallen soldiers · inscription · dedication · wreath · ceremony · eternal flame
British government metonym
- ANZACAntipodean military corps
- HiroshimaFirst nuclear-struck city
- ArlingtonVirginia burial ground
- WestminsterLondon's political center
Commonwealth · WWI · WWII · colonial · imperial · partition · independence · battlefields
Solid earth fragment
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
- plinthArchitectural support block
- obeliskTapering stone monument
column · pedestal · sculpture · relief · bronze · statuary · facade · steps
Placing memorial garland
- processionFormal moving line
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- paradeCeremonial public procession
bugle · last post · salute · flags · poppies · two-minute silence · dignitaries · guard of honor
empty tomb
Unoccupied burial chamber
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- war memorialTribute to fallen soldiers
- commemorationAct of honoring memory
tribute · remembrance · honor · fallen soldiers · inscription · dedication · wreath · ceremony · eternal flame · sacrifice
Whitehall
British government metonym
Westminster · Commonwealth · WWI · WWII · colonial · imperial · partition · independence · battlefields · campaigns
stone
Solid earth fragment
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
- plinthArchitectural support block
obelisk · column · pedestal · sculpture · relief · bronze · statuary · facade · steps · eternal flame
wreath-laying
Placing memorial garland
- processionFormal moving line
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
parade · bugle · last post · salute · flags · poppies · two-minute silence · dignitaries · guard of honor · ritual
- cemeteriescemetery, graves, grave, burial, headstones
- cemeterygrave, headstone, headstones, graves, tombstone
- gravesgravestones, headstones, gravestone, tombstones, headstone
- memorialsmemorial, memorial service, memorial statue, memorials, war memorial
- monumentsWashington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, Arc de Triomphe
- burial customsburial, burial rites, burials, burial customs, tombs
cenotaphstombs
Chambers for the dead
graves · burial sites · sepulchers · crypts · mausoleums