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effigiation

effigiation noun: the act of forming a resemblance, or the an effigy itself.

Noun

effigiation (plural effigiations)

  1. (obsolete) The act of forming a resemblance, or the an effigy itself
    • the volume whereof might quickly be perused ; and yet then no such effigiation was therein discovered1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

Forms of effigiation

pluraleffigiations

Origin of effigiation

Compare Latin effigiatio.

Questions about effigiation

What does effigiation mean?
Effigiation means the act of forming a resemblance, or the an effigy itself.
What part of speech is effigiation?
Effigiation is a noun.
What is the plural of effigiation?
The plural of effigiation is effigiations.

Words near effigiation in the dictionary

  1. effigial
  2. effigiate
  3. effigiated
  4. effigiates
  5. effigiating
  6. effigiation
  7. effigiations
  8. effigies
  9. effigurate
  10. effiguration
  11. effigy

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