The phrase "as a facsimile" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to something that is an exact copy or reproduction of an original document or item.
Example: "The document was submitted as a facsimile of the original, ensuring that all details were preserved."
Alternatives: "in the form of a copy" or "as a replica".
For me, just being protected from the elements qualified as a facsimile of warmth.
The controversy was sparked by Dwight Macdonald's assertion, in an article in the New York Review of Books, that Lubitsch made "The Marriage Circle" as a "facsimile" of Charlie Chaplin's 1923 romantic drama "A Woman of Paris".
Sit Down New York makes rather decent copies of mid-century furniture, such as a facsimile of the George Nelson wall clock that is reminiscent of a Tinkertoy sunburst (873 Broadway, at 18th Street; $100).
In keeping with the Ahearns' interests, the bibliographies include current prices fetched by the authors' works and descriptions of the authors' first editions, as well as a facsimile of a signature, for use by purchasers of inscribed copies.
The Playboy DVD will come with a paperback book that Mr. Hefner edited, as well as a facsimile of Playboy's first issue, which has never before been fully reproduced.
ORLANDO, Fla .— The United States Open will not be coming to Florida anytime soon, so what occurred during the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational on a sunny yet brutal Sunday at Bay Hill will have to do as a facsimile.
Hanks and Spielberg have gone to great lengths to bring Americans who have never put their lives on the line as authentic a facsimile of that experience as possible, with all the requisite boredom and excitement and bonding and misery that go with it.
"Michelle Obama is by now so well assimilated that she can wear a dress and pearls that are photocopies of the clothes and jewels worn by Jackie Kennedy and pull it off with grace and panache," Newsweek observed in March, 2008, as if being a facsimile would, for someone like Obama, be the pinnacle of success.
A facsimile peanut made with foie gras and peanut butter wasn't as good as an actual peanut, and a facsimile egg shaped from aioli wasn't as good as an actual egg.
Absent a critical edition, I cite Isaac Hirsch Weiss's edition (by page and column) as well as what is widely considered the finest Sifra manuscript, MS Assemani 66 (also known as Vatican 66), a facsimile edition of which was published by Finkelstein under the name Torat Kohanim.
As with Lascaux, a facsimile of the cave is to be built nearby, but however artfully constructed, such a place can only convey an impression of the real thing.
