effigies


ef·fi·gy

E0049900 (ĕf′ə-jē)n. pl. ef·fi·gies 1. A crude figure or dummy representing a hated person or group.2. A likeness or image, especially of a person.Idiom: in effigy Symbolically, especially in the form of an effigy: The deposed dictator was burned in effigy by the crowd.
[French effigie, from Latin effigiēs, likeness, from effingere, to portray : ex-, ex- + fingere, to shape; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots.]