Hypertext Webster Gateway: "statuary"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Statuary \Stat"u*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Statuaries}. [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. [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.
3. A collection of statues; statues, collectively.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
statuary
adj : of or relating to or suitable for statues
n : statues collectively
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