'Portraiture' definitions:

Definition of 'portraiture'

From: WordNet
noun
A word picture of a person's appearance and character [syn: portrayal, portraiture, portrait]
noun
The activity of making portraits

Definition of 'Portraiture'

From: GCIDE
  • Portraiture \Por"trai*ture\ (?; 135), n. [F. portraiture.]
  • 1. A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model. [1913 Webster]
  • For, by the image of my cause, I see The portraiture of his. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Divinity maketh the love of ourselves the pattern; the love of our neighbors but the portraiture. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Pictures, collectively; painting. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The art or practice of making portraits. --Walpole. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Portraiture'

From: GCIDE
  • Portraiture \Por"trai*ture\, v. t. To represent by a portrait, or as by a portrait; to portray. [R.] --Shaftesbury. [1913 Webster]