EFFIGY

effigy, image, simulacrum

(noun) a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); “the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln”; “the emperor’s tomb had his image carved in stone”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

effigy (plural effigies)

A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.

A likeness of a person.

Synonyms

• (a likeness of a person): figure, image, picture

Coordinate terms

• (crude representation of a person): caricature

Source: Wiktionary

Ef"fi*gy, n.; pl. Effigies. Etym: [L. effigies, fr. effingere to form, fashion; ex + fingere to form, shape, devise. See Feign.]

Definition: 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. To burn, or To hang, in effigy, to burn or to hang an image or picture of a person, as a token of public odium.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition