stylite
[ stahy-lahyt ]
/ ˈstaɪ laɪt /
noun Ecclesiastical History.
one of a class of solitary ascetics who lived on the top of high pillars or columns.
Nearby words
- stylishly,
- stylist,
- stylistic,
- stylistician,
- stylistics,
- stylites,
- stylitic,
- stylize,
- stylized,
- stylo-
Origin of stylite
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Examples from the Web for stylite
Simeon the Stylite comes down from his pillar-top, and chaffers in the market-place with common folks.
Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3)|Theodore ParkerHe stopped, some paces from the column, and began to examine the stylite, wiping his face meanwhile with the skirt of his toga.
Thais|Anatole FranceThis old monk was St. Luke the Stylite, appearing in vision.
Curiosities of Olden Times|S. Baring-GouldA Stylite might have contented himself there; Gilliatt, more luxurious in his requirements, wanted something more commodious.
Toilers of the Sea|Victor Hugo
stylite
/ (ˈstaɪlaɪt) /
noun
Christianity one of a class of recluses who in ancient times lived on the top of high pillars
Word Origin for stylite
C17: from Late Greek stulitēs, from Greek stulos a pillar
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stylite
ascetic living on the top of a pillar, 1630s, from Ecclesiastical Greek stylites, from stylos "pillar" (see stet).
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