Hypertext Webster Gateway: "effigy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Effigy \Ef"fi*gy\, n.; pl. {Effigies}. [L. effigies, fr.
effingere to form, fashion; ex + fingere to form, shape,
devise. See {Feign}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
effigy
n : 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" [syn: {image},
{simulacrum}]
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