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Stylite

Stylite Meaning & Definition
Stylite Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stylite?

[n] an early Christian ascetic who lived on top of high pillars

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See Also | abstainer | ascetic

Stylite In Webster's Dictionary

\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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