Definition of STELE. Meaning of STELE. Synonyms of STELE

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Definition of STELE

Stele
Stele Ste"le, n. [NL.] Same as Stela. One of these steles, containing the Greek version of the ordinance, has recently been discovered. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
Stele
Stele Stele, n. [See Stale a handle.] A stale, or handle; a stalk. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Holland.

Meaning of STELE from wikipedia

- A stele (/ˈstiːli/ STEE-lee) or stela (/ˈstiːlə/ STEE-lə) is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected in the ancient world as...
- The Mesha Stele, also known as the Moabite Stone, is a stele dated around 840 BCE containing a significant Canaanite inscription in the name of King Mesha...
- commemorative purposes. Stele may also refer to: See the list at Stele Stele Forest, a museum for steles in Xi'an, China Veronica Stele (born 1977), Argentine...
- The Merneptah Stele, also known as the Israel Stele or the Victory Stele of Merneptah, is an inscription by Merneptah, a pharaoh in ancient Egypt who reigned...
- Xi'an Stele or the Jingjiao Stele (Chinese: 景教碑; pinyin: Jǐngjiào bēi), sometimes translated as the "Nestorian Stele," is a Tang Chinese stele erected...
- boundary of the stele. Outside the stele lies the endodermis, which is the innermost cell layer of the cortex. The concept of the stele was developed in...
- The Beisan steles are five Ancient Egyptian steles from the period of Seti I and Ramesses II discovered in what was then known as Beisan, Mandatory Palestine...
- The Dream Stele, also called the Sphinx Stele, is an epigraphic stele erected between the front paws of the Great Sphinx of Giza by the ancient Egyptian...
- The primary copy of the text is inscribed on a basalt stele 2.25 m (7 ft 4+1⁄2 in) tall. The stele was rediscovered in 1901 at the site of Susa in present-day...
- King Ezana's Stele is a 4th century obelisk in the ancient city of Axum, in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The monument stands in the middle of the Northern...