Simeon Stylites

[ stahy-lahy-teez ]

noun

1. Saint, a.d. 390?–459, Syrian monk and stylite.

Simeon Stylites

/ staɪˈlaɪtiːz /

noun

1. Simeon Stylites, Saint?390459MSyrianRELIGION: monkMISC: asceticRELIGION: saint Saint. ?390–459 ad , Syrian monk, first of the ascetics who lived on pillars. Feast day: Jan 5 or Sept 1

Example Sentences

That strange, mysterious man, Simeon Stylites, had let her go.

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There, Simeon Stylites now had patience certainly, great patience; for thirty years he stood on a pillar!

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You might enact Simeon Stylites there for twenty years to come and be none the wiser or happier for the outlook.

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One would as soon accuse St. Simeon Stylites, thirty years at the top of his penitential pillar, of selfishness.

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They will perch themselves upon pillars like Simeon Stylites, for years, till the birds build their nests in their hair.

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