empty tomb

Other forms: empty tombs

Definitions of empty tomb
  1. noun
    a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered
    synonyms: cenotaph
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    type of:
    memorial, monument
    a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
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