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.
1. effigy-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. simulacrum, image. Guy-an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day. graven image, idol, god-a material effigy that is worshipped; thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image; money was his god. representation-a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something.