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in effigy

in effigy prepositional phrase: with a symbol, usually an effigy, substituted for a real person or thing.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) With a symbol, usually an effigy, substituted for a real person or thing.
    • to burn in effigy
    • The politician was hanged in effigy by the crowd.

Questions about in effigy

What does in effigy mean?
In effigy means with a symbol, usually an effigy, substituted for a real person or thing.
What part of speech is in effigy?
In effigy is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in effigy in the dictionary

  1. in due time
  2. in duplicate
  3. in dutch
  4. in earnest
  5. in effect
  6. in effigy
  7. in embryo
  8. in equal measure
  9. in error
  10. in especial
  11. in esse

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