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English → English (gcide) Definition: pillar saint Stylite \Sty"lite\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? a pillar.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of anchorites in the early church, who lived on the tops of pillars for the exercise of their patience; -- called also pillarist and pillar saint. [1913 Webster]