cippus

[ sip-uhs ]

noun,plural cip·pi [sip-ahy, sip-ee]. /ˈsɪp aɪ, ˈsɪp i/.
  1. (in classical architecture) a stele.

Origin of cippus

1
1615–25; <Latin: pillar, gravestone

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