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Statuary vs Statary - What's the difference?

statuary | statary |

As a noun statuary

is (uncountable) the craft of making statues.

As an adjective statary is

(obsolete|outside|biology) fixed; settled.

statuary

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The craft of making statues.
  • (countable) A person who makes statues.
  • Statues considered collectively.

    • statary

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete, outside, biology) Fixed; settled.
    • army ants have a bi-phasic lifestyle alternating between a nomadic phase and a statary phase. In the statary phase they remain in the same location every night.
  • * Sir Thomas Browne:
    • The set and statary times of paring of nails and cutting hair.

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