(n.) A small column or pillar, used as a monument, milestone, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) When there was no longer any rainfall to fill up their reservoirs, the springs had dried up too.” For centuries, the Maya at Tikal had been erecting stelae – upright stone slabs with hieroglyphs and depictions of gods and rulers.
(2) Incorporating Skype into Windows Phone – which will be used by the Finnish phone-maker Nokia in forthcoming smartphones – could also have advantages in countries such as Latin America, where people find voice calls too expensive and prefer to use data services, said Stela Bokun of Pyramid Research.
(3) Analysis of the ritual and sacred iconography of dynastic Egypt, as seen on stelae, in magical papyri, and on vessels, indicates that these people possessed a profound knowledge of plant lore and altered states of consciousness.
(4) She, and her friend Stela Ciobanu, 24, also a nurse, are working as hotel cleaners in London.
Stola
Definition:
(n.) A long garment, descending to the ankles, worn by Roman women.