Stăt'ūre, n.

(stāt'yur), n. [Fr. stature, Pr., Sp., & Pg. estatura, It. & Lat. statura, originally an upright posture, hence height or size of the body, from stare, statum, to stand.] The natural height of an animal body;— generally used of the human body.

Foreign men of mighty stature came. Dryden.