Cases of word usage

1) an inscription on a coin, statue etc; a short quotation at the beginning of a book or chapter (epigraph)

2) Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ; a picture or statue of her (madonna)

3) perfect as an example; small-scale; a person employed, statue used, to wear clothes, hats etc so that possible buyers may see them (model)

4) a building, column, statue etc in memory of a person or event; a very old and interesting building (monument)

5) a hollow place in a wall, e.g. for a statue or ornament; suitable or satisfactory position (niche)

6) a square base or block on which a pillar or statue stands (plinth)

7) (a statue of) a human body without the head, arms and legs (torso)