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stylite

[ stahy-lahyt ]

noun

, Ecclesiastical History.
  1. one of a class of solitary ascetics who lived on the top of high pillars or columns.


stylite

/ staɪˈlɪtɪk; ˈstaɪlaɪt /

noun

  1. Christianity one of a class of recluses who in ancient times lived on the top of high pillars
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • stylitic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • sty·lit·ic [stahy-, lit, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stylite1

1630–40; < Late Greek stȳlī́tēs, equivalent to stŷl ( os ) pillar + -itēs -ite 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stylite1

C17: from Late Greek stulitēs, from Greek stulos a pillar
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Example Sentences

A Stylite might have contented himself there; Gilliatt, more luxurious in his requirements, wanted something more commodious.

This old monk was St. Luke the Stylite, appearing in vision.

He stopped, some paces from the column, and began to examine the stylite, wiping his face meanwhile with the skirt of his toga.

Simeon the Stylite comes down from his pillar-top, and chaffers in the market-place with common folks.

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