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Definition

a person's height

or:

a high level of respect gained by impressive achievement

Fighter pilots are often of short stature.

stature = height

She is a woman with great stature in Washington.
Trying to explain McCandless's unorthodox behavior, some people have made much of the fact that like John Waterman, he was small in stature and may have suffered from a "short man's complex," a fundamental insecurity that drove him to prove his manhood by means of extreme physical challenges.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

stature = height

It might indeed be possible to cover my face; but of what use was that, when I was unable to conceal the alteration in my stature?
Robert Louis Stevenson -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

stature = height

The mountains are dead stone, the people
Admire or hate their stature, their insolent quietness,
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

stature = height

Then Athena, standing by, filled out his limbs again, gave girth and stature to the old field captain fresh from the bathing place.
Homer -- The Odyssey
They were a people dark and beautiful, small of stature, no taller than children even when grown to manhood.
George R.R. Martin -- A Game of Thrones
Day by day, he saw her stature grow among the emissaries, functionaries, nobles, and commoners with whom she dealt.
Christopher Paolini -- Inheritance
As contrasted with earlier, wartime morale-boosting "quickies," this film would have the scope and stature of an epic.
James Bradley -- Flags of Our Fathers
We would be honored to have one of your stature as a member.
Christopher Paolini -- Eragon
"Smoke?" he asked, his voice a deep baritone that was at odds with his slight stature.
Khaled Hosseini -- The Kite Runner
Erik was about the same height as myself and I thought that he would not have placed the spring higher than suited his stature.
Gaston Leroux -- The Phantom of the Opera
And her stature, since she was pushing six feet.
John Ringo -- Live Free or Die
To compensate for his stature, Spurlock had the habit of just taking off toward the sideline the minute he received the ball.
Michael Lewis -- The Blind Side
He seemed so huge behind the microphones, his voice giving his body the stature of a giant.
Chaim Potok -- The Chosen
He was small in stature, as are most Iranian men; nevertheless-or perhaps because of that-he carried himself with an insolent swagger.
Betty Mahmoody -- Not Without My Daughter
In these days, smiths were vital to a kingdom, and Culann's stature rivaled even that of the king.
Henry H. Neff -- The Hound of Rowan
7:7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.
The Bible -- Song of Solomon
The height of the mound only accentuated his stature as the Regiomontanos stared up at his incoming pitches.
W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game
But he is growing, and some things that were childish at the first are now of man's stature.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula

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