portraiture

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/ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɹɪtjʊə(ɹ)/

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/ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɹɪtjʊə(ɹ)/ · /ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɹɪt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

Definition of portraiture

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(countable, uncountable)A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model.

“For, by the image of my cause, I see / The portraiture of his.”

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noun

(countable, uncountable)A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model.

“For, by the image of my cause, I see / The portraiture of his.”
(countable, uncountable)The art of painting or photographing portraits.
(countable, uncountable)A portrait (or portraits considered as a group).

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From Middle English portraiture, portrature, purtraiture, pourtreture, from Old French portraiture, pourtraiture and Anglo-Norman purtraiture.

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