effigy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
    simulacrum; image.
    • the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln
    • the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone

WordNet

Ef"fi*gy noun
Etymology
L. effigies, fr. effingere to form, fashion; ex + fingere to form, shape, devise. See Feign.
Wordforms
plural Effigies
Definitions
  1. The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals, sometimes applied to portraits.

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