Definition of "stature"

stature

/ˈstæt͡ʃ.ə/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural statures
1. A person or animal's natural height when standing upright.
2. Respect (social standing) coming from achievement or development.
  Quotations
  Mount's cool finish from Kane's pass after Raheem Sterling intercepted Berat Djimsiti's pass was another illustration of his growing stature and Chelsea's rising star must surely be a certain starter when England open their Euro 2020 finals campaign against Croatia at Wembley on 13 June.
  2021 March 28, Phil McNulty, “Albania 0-2 England”, in BBC Sport‎
3. (obsolete) Statue.
  Quotations
  The golden ſtature of their feathered birdThat ſpreads her wings vpon the city wals,Shall not defend it from our battering ſhot.
  c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, Act IIII, scene ii