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Definition of statuary noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

statuary

noun

/ˈstætʃuəri/

/ˈstætʃueri/

[uncountable] (formal)

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- a collection of marble statuary
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin statuarius, from statua, from stare ‘to stand’.

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