effigie

Updated: June 30, 2026

"I have the honour to inform you of this, he writes to the High Chancellor, that it may not be thought I wanted to take advantage of the misfortune of these wretches, as some here are wicked enough to believe." The sentence was at length executed on them : but it was only in effigie; for none of the offenders had been taken.

M. de (Jean Lévesque) Burigny - The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius: Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works

So this good old knight "outlived his own monument, and lived to see himself carried in effigie on a Souldiers back, to the publick market-place, there to be sported withall, a Crew of Souldiers going before in procession, some with surplices, some with organ pipes, to make up the solemnity."

W. D. (Walter Debenham) Sweeting - The Cathedral Church of Peterborough: A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See