noun
statuary
Statuary (noun) means the skill or activity of creating statues.
noun
1
The skill or activity of creating statues.
2
Statues thought of as a group.
"Simply on aesthetic grounds I can almost applaud the Victorians’ fig obsessed Bowdlerisation of Greek and Roman statuary."
— Ruth Ramsden (2012)
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Etymology
Comes from Latin statuāria (ars) (“(art) of sculpture”), the feminine form of the adjective statuārius (“of statues”).
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What is the meaning of statuary?
"statuary" (noun) means the skill or activity of creating statues.
What are the different meanings of statuary?
"statuary" has 2 main meanings: 1. The skill or activity of creating statues; 2. Statues thought of as a group.
