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stelography

stelography noun: the art of writing or inscribing characters on pillars.

Noun

stelography (uncountable)

  1. The art of writing or inscribing characters on pillars.
    • […] this pillar thus engraved (as it was the first of its kind that we have upon record) gave probably the origin to the invention of stelography, or the ancient manner of writing upon stone, ever after […]1767, Thomas Stackhouse, chapter IV, in A new history of the Holy Bible

Origin of stelography

From Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē, “post, slab, pillar”) + -graphy.

Questions about stelography

What does stelography mean?
Stelography means the art of writing or inscribing characters on pillars.
What part of speech is stelography?
Stelography is a noun.

Words near stelography in the dictionary

  1. Stellwagen
  2. Stelly
  3. Stellys
  4. stelo
  5. stelocyttarous
  6. stelography
  7. steloj
  8. Stelter
  9. Stelters
  10. Stelton
  11. Stelzer

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