Category:Statuary

Stat"u*a*ry, n.; pl. Statuaries. Etym: [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. Etym: [l. statuaria (sc. ars): cf. F. statuaire.]

Defn: 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.