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cenotaph

empty tomb or monument erected in honor of a person whose remains are lost or interred elsewhere
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cenotaph

Summary

cenotaph ranks in the top 0.83% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,614 views/month, #649 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • cenotaph is a type of monument[2].
  • cenotaph is a type of memorial[3].
  • cenotaph is a type of grave[4].
  • cenotaph is a type of symbolic grave[5].
  • cenotaph is a type of architectural structure[6].
  • cenotaph is a type of tomb[7].
  • cenotaph's Commons category is recorded as Cenotaphs[8].
  • cenotaph's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cenotaphs[9].
  • cenotaph's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • cenotaph's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[11].
  • cenotaph's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[12].
  • cenotaph's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[13].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include monument[2], memorial[3], grave[4], symbolic grave[5], architectural structure[6], and tomb[7].

Why It Matters

cenotaph ranks in the top 0.83% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,614 views/month, #649 of 77,819).[1] cenotaph has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] cenotaph is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → monument, memorial, grave +3
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921, New International Encyclopedia +1
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 14451, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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