stele
noun
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
stelai
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pluralof stele.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The finest specimens, from the purely artistic point of view, are undoubtedly the two stelai found at Athens.
From Miscellanies by Robert Ross
The finest specimens, from the purely artistic point of view, are undoubtedly the two stelai found at Athens.
From Shorter Prose Pieces by Oscar Wilde
Dr. Strzygowski gives similarly shaped stelai from Alexandria and Cairo, with incised awkward scrolls, and some of Arab date.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
