effigy

[US]/'efɪdʒɪ/
[UK]/'ɛfɪdʒi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a sculpture or model of a person, especially one made as a form of protest or mockery
Word Forms
Pluraleffigies

Phrases & Collocations

burn an effigy

create an effigy

Example Sentences

an effigy of Einstein

a tomb effigy of Eleanor of Aquitaine.

the effigy is notable for its flowing drapery.

the minister was burned in effigy .

The king was burned in effigy by the angry mob.

He then held a state funeral, with an effigy of Pertinax, and consecrated him as one of the deified emperors, adding a flamen and a Helvian sodales, who had previously been Marcian.

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