Cen″o‐taph (sē̍n″ō̍‐tȧf), n. [Gr. κενοτάφιον; κενόσ empty + τάφοσ burial, tomb: cf. F. cénotaphe.] An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere. Dryden.
A cenotaph in Westminster Abbey.
Macaulay.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.