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portraitures

portraitures is the plural of portraiture.

Meaning of portraiture

Noun

portraiture (countable and uncountable, plural portraitures)

  1. 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.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  2. The art of painting or photographing portraits.
  3. A portrait (or portraits considered as a group).

Questions about portraitures

What is portraitures the plural of?
Portraitures is the plural of portraiture.

Words near portraitures in the dictionary

  1. portraitlike
  2. portraitor
  3. portraitors
  4. portraits
  5. portraiture
  6. portraitures
  7. portray
  8. portrayability
  9. portrayable
  10. portrayal
  11. portrayals

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