a. Obs. rare–1. [ad. med.L. slatuālis, f. L. statu-s standing, stature, etc. (see STATE sb.).] (See quot.)
1825. Fosbroke, Encycl. Antiq., 698. These offerings of wax … appear to be, in some instances, tapers of the stature or height of the person, and are called, in the Miracles of Simon the Hermit, Statual Tapers.
