Pl. stelæ, rarely stelas. [L. stēla, ad. Gr. στήλη: see STELE.] = STELE 1.
1776. R. Chandler, Trav. Greece, viii. 35. In the courts of the houses lie many round stelæ, or pillars, once placed on the graves of the Athenians.
1837. Wilkinson, Mann. & Cust. Anc. Egypt., ii. (1841), I. 101. He erected a stela, with an inscription in the sacred character, to commemorate his successes.
1876. S. Manning, Land of Pharaohs, 203. The upright blocks or stelas are among the most curious parts of the present ruin.
1893. Budge, Mummy, 30. Thothmes I. set up two stelæ near the Euphrates.
