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stylite [ˈstaɪlaɪt] n
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity one of a class of recluses who in ancient times lived on the top of high pillars [from Late Greek stulitēs, from Greek stulos a pillar] stylitic [staɪˈlɪtɪk] adj ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Translations stylite n → Säulenheilige(r) m, → Stylit m (spec) Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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More than once some individual has appeared to me with such negligence of labor and such commanding contemplation, a haughty beneficiary begging in the name of God, as made good to the nineteenth century Simeon the Stylite, the Thebais, and the first Capuchins. In Saint Stylites, the famous Christian hermit of old times, who built him a lofty stone pillar in the desert and spent the whole latter portion of his life on its summit, hoisting his food from the ground with a tackle; in him we have a remarkable instance of a dauntless stander-of-mast-heads; who was not to be driven from his place by fogs or frosts, rain, hail, or sleet; but valiantly facing everything out to the last, literally died at his post. It was at this point that he definitely condemned Simeon Stylites as a sybaritic fraud. |
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