simulacrum

noun2

1. •
   A physical image or representation of a deity, person, or thing.
2. •
   A thing which has the appearance or form of another thing, but not its true qualities; a thing which simulates another thing; an imitation; a semblance.

   • One Life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us forevermore! It were well for us to live not as fools and simulacra, but as wise and realities. — 1840