Crossword clues for effigies
effigies
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Effigies \Ef*fig"i*es\, n. [L.]
See Effigy.
--Dryden.
Effigy \Ef"fi*gy\, n.; pl. Effigies. [L. effigies, fr. effingere to form, fashion; ex + fingere to form, shape, devise. See Feign.] 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.
To burn in effigy, or To hang in effigy, to burn or to hang an image or picture of a person, as a token of public odium.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of effigy English)
Usage examples of "effigies".
The effigies are in alabaster, and retain considerable traces of colour.
Decorated arched recesses containing four effigies of bishops, belonging to the Perpendicular period.
Whether or not they had placed the sinister effigies in the closet of the dead men.
Lying among the shoes were effigies of Daniel and Charles miniature dolls of the magicians.
He gestured around, seeing some of the eerie drawings and effigies placed around.