Meanings
nounstelography (uncountable)
- uncountableThe 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
- Ancient Greekστήλη“post, slab, pillar”
- Englishstelography
From Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē, “post, slab, pillar”) + -graphy.
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stelography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stelography
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