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in effigy
Symbolically; publicly in the form of an effigy. (Typically used with the verbs "burn" or "hang.") In protest of the war, a large group has set about burning the president in effigy outside the White House.
in effigy
Symbolically. For example, That umpire was completely unfair-let's burn him in effigy. Now used only figuratively, this term formerly signified a way of carrying out the sentence of a criminal who had escaped, such as burn in effigy or hang in effigy. A dummy was made of the criminal or a detested political figure and subjected to the prescribed punishment. [c. 1600]
in effigy
Symbolically, especially in the form of an effigy: The deposed dictator was burned in effigy by the crowd.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Astrid | | AH-strid (Swedish), AH-stree (Norwegian), AHS-trit (German) | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, French |
Ehmet | | - | Uyghur |
ŽIvko | | - | Croatian, Serbian |
Ludmila | | - | Czech, Russian |
Kristijonas | | - | Lithuanian |
Lucinda | | [lu:'sində] | |