Definition of Statuary

1. Noun. Statues collectively.

Generic synonyms: Accumulation, Aggregation, Assemblage, Collection
Specialized synonyms: Elgin Marbles

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or suitable for statues.
Partainyms: Statue
Derivative terms: Statue

Definition of Statuary

1. n. One who practices the art of making statues.

Definition of Statuary

1. Noun. The craft of making statues. ¹

2. Noun. A person who makes statues. ¹

3. Noun. Statues considered collectively. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Statuary

1. a group of statues [n -ARIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Statuary

statocysts
statoid
statoids
statolith
statoliths
stator
stator coil
stators
statoscope
statoscopes
stats
statto
stattos
statua
statuaries
statuary (current term)
statuas
statue
statue maker
statued
statueless
statuelike
statues
statuesque
statuesquely
statuesqueness
statuette
statuettes
statuminate
statuminated

Literary usage of Statuary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, During the Middle of the Fourth by Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, Jean Denis Barbié du Bocage (1825)
"Pythagoras, statuary 5 Pytheas of Athens, orator 4 Pytheas of Massilia, astronomer. ... statuary 6 Pytheas of Troezen, poet 10 R RHADAMANTHUS, ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"There is no other clause applicable to them, unless they come under the head of "statuary," as defined by Congress. That definition, as seen above, ..."

3. An Introduction to the Study of Landscape Design by Henry Vincent Hubbard (1917)
"Setting of statuary in Landscape Composition roundings, the designer must take into ... statuary may be perfectly in place in informal settings, ..."

4. An Introduction to the Study of Landscape Design by Henry Vincent Hubbard, Theodora Kimball Hubbard (1917)
"Setting of statuary in Landscape Composition roundings, the designer must take into account a ... statuary may be perfectly in place in informal settings, ..."

5. Historical Records and Studies (1905)
"THE HISTORY OF THE MARQUETTE STATUE, PRESENTED TO statuary HALL, ... in the old Hall of the Representatives for the reception and protection of statuary, ..."

6. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"You are a statuary, Socrates, and have made a perfect image of our governors.' Yes, and of our governesses, for the women will share in all things with the ..."

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