Found 2 items, similar to stylite.
English → English (WordNet) 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. [1913 Webster]