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.
These lie on their backs, with hands together in prayer. An Effigie of a deceased person that is kneeling in prayer is called a priant. Effigies may also be (half) demi-figures and the term is occasionally used to refer to busts. The Marzanna ritual represents the end of the dark days of winter, the victory over death, and the welcoming of the spring rebirth.