Effigy

//ˈɛfəd͡ʒi//

"Effigy" in a Sentence (8 examples)

In Turkey, every school has to have an Atatürk effigy.

He spake, and quickly snatched from Vesta's shrine / the deathless fire and wreaths and effigy divine.

The dictator was burnt in effigy on the streets of Ibadan.

No statue hewn of marble in monumental effigy was ever half so fair; and within that surpassing form dwelt a soul true, tender, self-devoted, and affectionate as ever warmed a human breast.

They were asked to leave for burning an effigy on the school lawn.

In England on Bonfire Night, an effigy is often burned.

All around, terrace by terrace, there went marble lawns well guarded by onyx lions and carved with effigies of all the gods striding amid the symbols of the worlds.

There are two tombs, each bearing effigies of a knight and his lady. One is 14th century, the other 15th century. The earlier knight wears chain mail and his lady has long, flowing hair. The later knight has plate armour, and his wife wears a wimple.

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