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Webster 1913 Edition


Statuary

Stat′u-a-ry

(-ā̍-ry̆)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Statuaries
(-rĭz)
.
[L.
statuarius
, n., fr.
statuarius
, a., of or belonging to statues, fr.
statua
statue: cf. F.
statuaire
. See
Statue
.]
1.
One who practices the art of making statues.
On other occasions the
statuaries
took their subjects from the poets.
Addison.
2.
[L.
statuaria
(sc.
ars
): cf. F.
statuaire
.]
The art of carving statues or images as representatives of real persons or things; a branch of sculpture.
Sir W. Temple.
3.
A collection of statues; statues, collectively.

Webster 1828 Edition


Statuary

STATUARY

,
Noun.
[L., a statue; to set.]
1.
The art of carving images as representatives of real persons or things; a branch of sculpture.
[In this sense the word has no plural.]
2.
One professes or practices the art of carving images or making statues.
On other occasions the statuaries took their subjects from the poets.

Definition 2024


statuary

statuary

English

Noun

statuary (countable and uncountable, plural statuaries)

  1. (uncountable) The craft of making statues.
  2. (countable) A person who makes statues.
  3. Statues considered collectively.

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