definition of stele
For the Ten Commandments stone tablet, see Tablets of Stone. A stele (plural steles or stelai, from Greek: ÏÏÎ®Î»Î·, stÄlÄ) or stela (plural stelas or stelÃ¦, from Latin) is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected as a monument, very often for funerary or commemorative purposes.