Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as stele.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Gr. Antiq.) A small column or pillar, used as a monument, milestone, etc.

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  • noun an obelisk or upright stone pillar, usually as a primitive commemoration or gravestone

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings

Etymologies

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Latin stela.

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Examples

  • The ka, left, and the name stela of the First Dynasty king named Snake (Wadj), right.

    Interactive Dig Hierakonpolis - The Elite Cemetery: Week 6 2002

  • A stela is a free-standing stone slab, generally rectangular in shape but sometimes with a rounded or pointed top.

    Interactive Dig Waka' - Bulletin Board 2003

  • There's a stela, which is a limestone pillar that is hand-carved, and they would mark on these certain events and certain numbers.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • The statue, called a stela, was found at Naachtun, a Mayan city 90 km (55 miles) north of Tikal.

    Mongabay.com News 2009

  • The statue, called a stela, was found at Naachtun, a Mayan city 90 km (55 miles) north of Tikal.

    Mongabay.com News 2009

  • The statue, called a stela, was found at Naachtun, a Mayan city 90 km (55 miles) north of Tikal.

    Mongabay.com News 2009

  • It was a handsome stone stela, mounted on a stepped pedestal and capped by a peaked crown with a geometric frieze.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • It was a handsome stone stela, mounted on a stepped pedestal and capped by a peaked crown with a geometric frieze.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • It was a handsome stone stela, mounted on a stepped pedestal and capped by a peaked crown with a geometric frieze.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • It was a handsome stone stela, mounted on a stepped pedestal and capped by a peaked crown with a geometric frieze.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

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