From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Statuary \Stat"u*a*ry\ (-[asl]*r[y^]), noun; pl. {Statuaries} (-r[i^]z). [L. statuarius, noun, fr. statuarius, adjective, 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: of or relating to or suitable for statues
noun
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
90 Moby Thesaurus words for "statuary": CYSP sculpture, anaglyptics, anaglyptography, architectural sculpture, bone-carving, bust, carver, carving, casting, ceroplastics, chaser, chasing, clay modeler, clay sculpture, decorative sculpture, doll, dolly, dummy, earth art, earth artist, embossing, engraving, fantoccini, figure, figurehead, figurer, figurine, figuriste, founding, garden sculpture, gem carver, gem-cutting, gingerbread man, glass sculpture, glyptic, graver, ivory-carving, lay figure, lost-wax process, man of straw, manikin, mannequin, marionette, marmoreal, mason, metal sculpture, model, modeler, modeling, molder, molding, monument, monumental, monumental mason, monumental sculpture, paper sculpture, plaster casting, plastic art, portrait bust, portrait sculpture, puppet, relief, relief-carving, relievo, scarecrow, sculptitory, sculptor, sculptress, sculptural, sculpture, sculpturer, sculpturesque, sculpturing, shell-carving, snowman, statue, statuelike, statuesque, statuette, stone sculpture, stonecutter, stonecutting, wax figure, wax modeler, waxwork, whittling, wire sculpture, wood carver, wood carving, xyloglyphy
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