noun
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statues collectively
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the art of making statues
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of statuary
From the Latin word statuārius, dating back to 1535–45. See statue, -ary
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Under that water, buildings, statuary, coins and royal personal effects came to rest, and waited to be found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
Rahim has the kind of prominent ribs and veins that were made for statuary.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
Thankfully what was saved made a much longer list - including all the stained-glass windows, most of the statuary and artwork, and the holy relic known as the Crown of Thorns.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2024
In the last few years, Harvey turned to sculpting imaginary but mythic-seeming artifacts that exist as both 3-D printed statuary and glossy virtual models.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
The room was decorated with a number of unusual objects, of small items of antique statuary and clay pots.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
Lush landscaping, gardens and statuaries fill out the grounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2020
Now I have a shelf in my office where all the statuaries are.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2018
And painters and statuaries, too, used to pray to these graces, and ask them to put beautiful fancies into their minds, that they might be able to paint beautiful pictures, and carve beautiful statues.
From All Saints' Day and Other Sermons by Charles Kingsley
I should have answered, that they were statuaries.
From Protagoras by Benjamin Jowett
The wasted remains of that form which had once been a model for statuaries were laid under the pavement of the Cathedral; but no inscription, no tradition, preserves the memory of the spot.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
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