— cenotaphic /sen'euh taf"ik/ , adj.
/sen"euh taf', -tahf'/ , n.
a sepulchral monument erected in memory of a deceased person whose body is buried elsewhere.
[ 1595-1605; cenotaphium kenotáphion, equiv. to kenó ( s ) empty + -taphion ( táph ( os ) tomb + -ion dim. suffix) ]