Look up: effigy

1. effigy
   [Noun] Plural form: effigies. Likeness or image of something, usually a person.
   Example: The angry mob burnt an effigy of the prime minister.
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2. effigy
   [n] - a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
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3. Effigy
   A carving made in commemoration of a person or group. These are mostly made out of rough stone, but special types of stones, (alabaster or 'marbles') and wood have also been used. Individuals are usually depicted lying on their backs, often at prayer, though Post-Medieval examples are sometimes on ...
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4. Effigy
   Ef'fi·gy noun ; plural Effigies . [ Latin effigies , from effingere to form, fashion; ex + fingere to form, shape, devise. See Feign .] The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a ful...
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5. effigy
   image 1 simulacrum noun a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); `the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln`; `the emperor`s tomb had his image carved in stone`
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6. Effigy
   • (n.) The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits.
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7. effigy
   (from the article `metalwork`) There remain in England 10 effigies cast in bronze over a period of two centuries (1290–1518), among them some of the finest examples of figure work ... ...familiar act for the last time. The inscriptions are very brief and usually record only the name and parentage; sometimes the word farewell is ......
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8. Effigy
   An object bearing the likeness of an animal or human.
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9. Effigy
   An effigy is an image or portrait, the term is most frequently applied to the figures on sepulchral monuments. To burn or hang in effigy, is to burn or hang an image or picture of a person, a mode in which the populace sometimes expresses its feelings respecting an obnoxious personage.
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10. Effigy
    An `effigy` is a representation of a person, especially in the form of sculpture or some other three-dimensional form. The term is usually associated with full-length figures of a deceased person depicted in stone or wood on church monuments. These most often lie supine with hands together in prayer...
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11. Effigy
    (DC Comics) |caption=Effigy `Effigy` is a DC Comics supervillain who fought against Green Lantern Kyle Rayner using the flame powers gained from publisher = Dorling Kindersley | place = New York | year = 2008 | ISBN = 0-7566-4119-5 | oclc = 213309017-->--> Fictional character biography: Origi...
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