POSTURE

posture. Posture, n. an attitude, situation, state, place

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Pos″ture (?; 135), n. [[F., fr. L. positura, fr. ponere, positum, to place. See Position.]] 1. 1. The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each other, or for a particular purpose; especially (Fine Arts), the position of a figure with regard to the several principal members by which action is expressed; attitude.
Atalanta, the posture of whose limbs was so lively expressed . . . one would have sworn the very picture had run. Sir P. Sidney. In most strange postures We have seen him set himself. Shak. The posture of a poetic figure is a description of his heroes in the performance of such or such an action. Dryden. 2. 2. Place; position; situation. Milton.
His noblest posture and station in this world. Sir M. Hale. 3. 3. State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a posture of defense; the posture of affairs.
The several postures of his devout soul. Atterbury. Syn. — Attitude; position. See Attitude.