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# statuary

«statuary» in Mova's school dictionary: **Statues as a group: the statues in a place or collection** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (statuary — uncountable); adjective (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Statues as a group: the statues in a place or collection. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statuary/#m1)

2) The art of making statues. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statuary/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In museum visits and history or art lessons, «Roman statuary» means Roman statues together. Gardens of grand houses have «garden statuary». It is a stiff, formal word.

### examples

- The museum has a fine collection of Greek statuary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statuary/#x1)
- Garden statuary lined the path to the house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statuary/#x2)
- The church was full of marble statuary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statuary/#x3)
- The guidebook describes the palace's statuary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statuary/#x4)
- Ancient statuary was often painted in bright colours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statuary/#x5)
- The palace garden is famous for its statuary and fountains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statuary/#x6)

### note

Uncountable; formal. Say «STATCH-oo-uh-ree». A single piece is «a statue». Myth: ancient Greek statues were plain white — many were painted.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «statuary» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/statuary/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.