Statuary

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Statuary \Stat"u*a*ry\ (-[asl]*r[y^]), n.; pl. {Statuaries}
     (-r[i^]z). [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.
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              On other occasions the statuaries took their
              subjects from the poets.              --Addison.
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     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.
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     3. A collection of statues; statues, collectively.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  statuary
       adj : of or relating to or suitable for statues
       n : statues collectively

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  90 Moby Thesaurus words for "statuary":
     CYSP sculpture, anaglyptics, anaglyptography,
     architectural sculpture, bone-carving, bust, carver, carving,
     casting, ceroplastics, chaser, chasing, clay modeler,
     clay sculpture, decorative sculpture, doll, dolly, dummy,
     earth art, earth artist, embossing, engraving, fantoccini, figure,
     figurehead, figurer, figurine, figuriste, founding,
     garden sculpture, gem carver, gem-cutting, gingerbread man,
     glass sculpture, glyptic, graver, ivory-carving, lay figure,
     lost-wax process, man of straw, manikin, mannequin, marionette,
     marmoreal, mason, metal sculpture, model, modeler, modeling,
     molder, molding, monument, monumental, monumental mason,
     monumental sculpture, paper sculpture, plaster casting,
     plastic art, portrait bust, portrait sculpture, puppet, relief,
     relief-carving, relievo, scarecrow, sculptitory, sculptor,
     sculptress, sculptural, sculpture, sculpturer, sculpturesque,
     sculpturing, shell-carving, snowman, statue, statuelike,
     statuesque, statuette, stone sculpture, stonecutter, stonecutting,
     wax figure, wax modeler, waxwork, whittling, wire sculpture,
     wood carver, wood carving, xyloglyphy