statu

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

On other occasions the statuaries took their subjects from the poets. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A collection of statues; statues, collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Statued p. pr. & vb. n. Statuing. ] To place, as a statue; to form a statue of; to make into a statue. “The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and earth.” Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. statua (akin to stativus standing still), fr. stare, statum, to stand. See Stand. ] 1. The likeness of a living being sculptured or modeled in some solid substance, as marble, bronze, or wax; an image; as, a statue of Hercules, or of a lion. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will raise her statue in pure gold. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A portrait. [ Obs. ] Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Adorned with statues. “The statued hall.” Longfellow. “Statued niches.” G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without a statue. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a statue; motionless. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Partaking of, or exemplifying, the characteristics of a statue; having the symmetry, or other excellence, of a statue artistically made; as, statuesquelimbs; a statuesque attitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their characters are mostly statuesque even in this respect, that they have no background. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a statuesque manner; in a way suggestive of a statue; like a statue. [ 1913 Webster ]

A character statuesquely simple in its details. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]