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Statuary

//ˈstæ.t͡ʃu.ɛəɹi// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or characteristic of statues.

    "He [Francis Bacon] lyeth interred in the Church of St. Michael at St. Albans in Hartfordſhire, and hath there a fair ſtatuary monument erected for him of white Marble at the coſt of Sir Thomas Meautis, his ancient ſervant, who was not neerer to him living then dead: […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or suitable for statues wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The craft of making statues. uncountable
  2. 2
    A person who makes or deals in statues.
  3. 3
    statues collectively wordnet
  4. 4
    Statues considered collectively. uncountable

    "Simply on aesthetic grounds I can almost applaud the Victorians’ fig obsessed Bowdlerisation of Greek and Roman statuary."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin statuāria (ars) (“(art) of sculpture”), feminine of the adjective statuārius (“of statues”).

Etymology 2

From Latin statuārius (“maker of statues”).

Etymology 3

From the noun or the Latin adjective statuārius (“of statues”).

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