statures

• plural of stature.

Example Sentences

The Indians of North-Carolina are a well-shap'd clean-made People, of different Statures, as the Europeans are, yet chiefly inclin'd to be tall.

From A New Voyage to Carolina, containing the exact description and natural history of that country; together with the present state thereof; and a journal of a thousand miles, travel'd thro' several nations of Indians; giving a particular account of their customs, manners, etc. by Lawson, John

The Society for the Preservation of Ancient Statures is going to have Mr. Frederic Harrison on the council, they say.

From The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Related Words

• ability
• cachet
• caliber
• capacity
• competence
• dignity
• eminence
• prestige
• prominence
• qualification
• quality
• size
• standing
• status
• value