Found 2 items, similar to stylite.
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Definition: stylite
stylite
n : an early Christian ascetic who lived on top of high pillars
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Stylite
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.
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