effigiation

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noun

The act of forming a resemblance, or the an effigy itself

OriginLatin effigiatio →
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Meanings

nouneffigiation (plural effigiations)

plural effigiations

  1. obsoleteThe 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 discovered

    1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

Origin

  1. Latineffigiatio
  2. Englisheffigiation

Compare Latin effigiatio.

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APA

effigiation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effigiation

MLA

“effigiation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effigiation. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “effigiation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effigiation.

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