Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Effigy
Ef′fi-gy
,Noun.
pl.
Effigies
(#)
. 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 in effigy
, or To hang in effigy
to burn or to hang an image or picture of a person, as a token of public odium.
Webster 1828 Edition
Effigy
EF'FIGY
,Noun.
1.
The image or likeness of a person; resemblance; representation; any substance fashioned into the shape of a person.2.
Portrait; likeness; figure, in sculpture or painting.3.
On coins,the print or impression representing the head of the prince who struck the coin.To burn or hang in effigy, is to burn or hang an image or picture of the person intended to be executed, disgraced or degraded. In France,when a criminal cannot be apprehended, his picture is hung on a gallows or gibbet, at the bottom of which is written his sentence of condemnation.