cippus [sip-uh s] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun, plural cip·pi [sip-ahy, sip-ee] /ˈsɪp aɪ, ˈsɪp i/. (in classical architecture) a stele. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of cippus 1615–25; Latin: pillar, gravestone Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for cippi Historical Examples of cippi
There are nine graves or cippi, no gravestone or inscription.
John Aubrey
Ranged along the walls are a series of sarcophagi, cippi, and funeral altars, some of them very fine.
Augustus J.C. Hare
The shafts (putei) often stood, but not necessarily, at the same points as the cippi.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3
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Of boundary-stones, or cippi terminales, some very ancient specimens have been preserved.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 6
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One of the cippi, above the staircase, is beautifully decorated with shells and mosaic.
Augustus J.C. Hare