Statue

(stăt'yū), n. [Fr. statue, Pr., Sp., & Pg. estatua, It. & Lat. statua, i. e., stativa effigies, from Lat. stativus, standing still, from stare, statum, to stand.]

1. A solid substance formed, by carving, into the likeness of a whole living being; an image; as, a statue of Hercules, or of a lion.
2. A portrait. [Obs. and rare.]

Sir J. Are the pictures placed as I directed? H. Yes, sir. Sir J. Your nieces, ere they put to sea, crave humbly, Though absent in their bodies, they may take leave Of their late suitors' statues. L. There they hang. Massinger. Equestrian statue. See EQUESTRIAN.