noun
- sculptures or models of people, especially crude representations made to be destroyed in protest
Usage: plural of effigy
Examples
- Protesters burned effigies of the corrupt politicians in the town square.
- The museum displayed ancient effigies found in Egyptian tombs.
- Angry citizens hung effigies from lamp posts during the revolution.
- The artist created detailed effigies of historical figures for the exhibition.
- Medieval churches often contained stone effigies of knights and nobles.
- The crowd cheered as they set fire to effigies of their oppressors.