Stat″ure (stăt″ū̍r; 135), n. [F. stature, OF. estature, from L. statura, originally, an upright posture; hence, height or size of the body, from stare, statum, to stand. See Stand.] The natural height of an animal body; — generally used of the human body.
Foreign men of mighty stature came. Dryden.