centi-. prefix. 1. denoting one hundredthSymbol: c: centimetre. 2. denoting a hundred: centipede.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Effigy. An effigy is a representation of a specific person, especially in the form of sculpture or some other three-dimensional medium. Effigies are common elements of funerary art, especially as a recumbent effigy in stone or metal placed on a tomb.
Dean Kitchin writes:  One cannot look at his effigy, as it lies in his stately chantry without noting the powerful and selfish characteristics of his face, and especially the nose, large, curved, and money-