statuary — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The craft of making statues.

   Usage

   • Uncountable

2. Statues considered collectively.

   Usage

   • Uncountable

   Examples

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

Noun

1. A person who makes or deals in statues.

Adjective

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

   Examples

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   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: […]

   There is the lady’s own book, complete without a teacher—showing how the waist should be boddiced; the parasol handled; the statuary attitudes; the Parisian curtsy; the prettiest toss of the head, and swing of the train.

   Characteristically, the photo series ends with the trainer having successfully contorted the boy’s body into a classical, statuary pose, even as the boy forces a pained smile for the camera.

Adjective

1. of or relating to or suitable for statues

Noun

1. statues collectively

   Broader terms

   collectionaggregationaccumulationassemblage