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Definition of EFFIGIES

Effigies
Effigies Ef*fig"i*es, n. [L.] See Effigy. --Dryden.
Effigies
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, or To hang, in effigy, to burn or to hang an image or picture of a person, as a token of public odium.

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- Additionally, "effigy" is used for certain traditional forms of sculpture, namely tomb effigies, funeral effigies and coin effigies. There is a large...
- The faces and hands of the wooden effigies, of which very few survive, are made from wax or plaster. The effigies were usually polychromed to simulate...
- momentum beyond them." "The Effigies were a moving force during a crucial and exhilarating time." The history of The Effigies develops in three discernible...
- Go Home!, Herman Munster's adopted Aunt The Effigies, a punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois Tomb effigy, a sculpted figure on a tomb monument depicting...
- of Wisconsin Effigy Mounds." American Anthropologist 31.3 (1929), 562-564. Peet, Stephen Denison. '"Emblematic Mounds and Animal Effigies." Prehistoric...
- The Lamb as Effigy (also referred to in extended form as The Lamb as Effigy or Three Hundred and Fifty XOXOXOS for a Spark Union With My Darling Divine)...
- Effigy were an Australian three-piece indie pop/synth band, formed in Perth in 1994. The band originally consisted of Peter Hardman (vocals, guitar, harmonica)...
- The Alligator Effigy Mound is an effigy mound in Granville, Ohio, United States. The mound is believed to have been built between AD 800 and 1200 by people...
- "Confessions Of An Effigy" is the first single released by hard rock band Liberty Lies. It was released on 1 August 2011 under no record label. There was...
- folk burnt effigies of po****r hate-figures, such as the Pope. Towards the end of the 18th century children began begging for money with effigies of Guy Fawkes...