stature

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
stature
    n 1: high level of respect gained by impressive development or
         achievement; "a man of great stature"
    2: (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot [syn:
       {stature}, {height}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Stature \Stat"ure\ (st[a^]ch"[~e]r; also, st[a^]t"[-u]r; 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.
   [1913 Webster]

         Foreign men of mighty stature came.      --Dryden.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "stature":
      altitude, authority, caliber, ceiling, consequence, dignity,
      elevation, eminence, exaltation, face, greatness, hauteur, height,
      heighth, high place, highness, importance, influence,
      influentialness, kudos, loftiness, merit, moment,
      perpendicular distance, position, precedence, pressure, prestige,
      priority, prominence, rank, seniority, standing, state, station,
      status, sublimity, tallness, toploftiness, value, virtue, weight,
      weightiness, worth
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