Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Imagery

Imagery (im"aj*ry; 277) , noun

[Old English imagerie, French imagerie.]

1.
The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass.
Painted imagery. — Shakespeare
In those oratories might you see Rich carvings, portraitures, and imagery. — Dryden
2.
Figuratively: Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
What can thy imagery of sorrow mean? — Prior
3.
The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
The imagery of a melancholic fancy. — Atterbury
4.
Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.
I wish there may be in this poem any instance of good imagery. — Dryden