stelography

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stelography

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

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  1. uncountable 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 […]

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@misc{stelography_2026,
  title = {stelography},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stelography},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}