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stat·u·ar·y

 (stăch′o͞o-ĕr′ē)
n. pl. stat·u·ar·ies
1. Statues considered as a group.
2. The art of making statues.
3. A sculptor.
adj.
Of, relating to, or suitable for a statue.

[From Latin statuārius, of a statue, from statua, statue; see statue.]
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statuary

(ˈstætjʊərɪ)
n
1. (Art Terms) statues collectively
2. (Art Terms) the art of making statues
adj
(Art Terms) of, relating to, or suitable for statues
[C16: from Latin statuārius]
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stat•u•ar•y

(ˈstætʃ uˌɛr i)

n., pl. -ar•ies,
adj. n.
1. statues collectively.
2. a group or collection of statues.
adj.
3. of, pertaining to, or suitable for statues.
[1535–45; < Latin statuārius. See statue, -ary]
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statuary

1. statues collectively or a group of statues.
2. the art of making statues. — statuary, adj.
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Statuary

 statues collectively, 1701.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.statuary - statues collectively
aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
Elgin Marbles - a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and fragments of architecture created by Phidias; chiefly from the Parthenon in Athens
Adj.1.statuary - of or relating to or suitable for statues
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Translations

statuary

[ˈstætjʊərɪ]
A. ADJestatuario
B. N (= art) → estatuaria f; (= statues) → estatuas fpl
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statuary

[ˈstætʃuəri] nstatuaire f
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statuary

(form)
adjstatuarisch (geh); statuary artPlastik f
n (Art) → Plastik f, → Bildhauerei f; (= statues)Plastiken pl, → Statuen pl
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statuary

[ˈstætjʊərɪ] n (frm) (technique, statues) → statuaria
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References in classic literature ?
An order referring to the same date was also written, directing a statuary in Carlisle to send a man to Limmeridge churchyard for the purpose of erasing an inscription--Mr.
While the court was entirely overgrown with the yellow, moss-like vegetation which blankets practically the entire surface of Mars, yet numerous fountains, statuary, benches, and pergola-like contraptions bore witness to the beauty which the court must have presented in bygone times, when graced by the fair-haired, laughing people whom stern and unalterable cosmic laws had driven not only from their homes, but from all except the vague legends of their descendants.
Some were almost as naked as ancient statues, and might have stood as models for a statuary; others had leggins and moccasins of deer skin, and buffalo robes, which they threw gracefully over their shoulders.
However, the difference is not great, yet young men ought not to view the paintings of Pauso, but of Polygnotus, or any other painter or statuary who expresses manners.
These are the studies of their graver hours, while for their amusements they have the vast circle of connoisseurship, painting, music, statuary, and natural philosophy, or rather unnatural , which deals in the wonderful, and knows nothing of Nature, except her monsters and imperfections.
Copley," said Drowne, quietly, "I know nothing of marble statuary, and nothing of the sculptor's rules of art; but of this wooden image, this work of my hands, this creature of my heart,"--and here his voice faltered and choked in a very singular manner,--"of this--of her --I may say that I know something.
The same man, stimulated by private pique against the MEGARENSIANS,[2] another nation of Greece, or to avoid a prosecution with which he was threatened as an accomplice of a supposed theft of the statuary Phidias,[3] or to get rid of the accusations prepared to be brought against him for dissipating the funds of the state in the purchase of popularity,[4] or from a combination of all these causes, was the primitive author of that famous and fatal war, distinguished in the Grecian annals by the name of the PELOPONNESIAN war; which, after various vicissitudes, intermissions, and renewals, terminated in the ruin of the Athenian commonwealth.
I now use them as ornamental statuary in my garden.
His features were so finely cut and chiselled that they resembled some exquisite piece of statuary. He smiled as his nephew came slowly towards him.
The parlor struck her as looking uncommonly shabby, but without stopping to sigh for what she had not, she skillfully made the best of what she had, arranging chairs over the worn places in the carpet, covering stains on the walls with homemade statuary, which gave an artistic air to the room, as did the lovely vases of flowers Jo scattered about.
The piece of dusky statuary nodded in approval, and then murmured 'Motarkee!' 'Motarkee,' said I, without further hesitation 'Typee motarkee.'
They are new and snowy; every outline is perfect, every feature guiltless of mutilation, flaw, or blemish; and therefore, to us these far-reaching ranks of bewitching forms are a hundred fold more lovely than the damaged and dingy statuary they have saved from the wreck of ancient art and set up in the galleries of Paris for the worship of the world.