Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

statuariesmore about statuaries

statuaries


  1  definition  found 
 
  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. 




more about statuaries