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CENOTAPH (Gr. ,cevos, empty, racks, tomb)

CENOTAPH (Gr. ,cevos, empty, racks, See also:
TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)
tomb) , a See also:

MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument or tablet to the memory of a See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person whose See also:

BODY

body is buried elsewhere . The See also:

CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom arose from the erection of monuments to those whose bodies could not be recovered, as in the See also:

case of drowning .

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