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), from Gr**** στήλη, stēlē, plural στήλαι stēlai, is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected in the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- The Stele Forest or Beilin Museum is a museum for steles and stone sculptures in Beilin District in Xi'an, Northwest China. The museum, which is housed...
- The Stele of Piye, also known as the Victory Stele of Piye, is an Ancient Egyptian stele detailing the victory of Ku****e King Piye against Prince Tefnakht...
- 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 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 Tempest Stele (alt. Storm Stele) was erected by pharaoh Ahmose I early in the 18th Dynasty of Egypt, c. 1550 BCE. The stele describes a great storm...