stylite (redirected from stylitic)

sty·lite  (stlt)

n.

One of a number of early Christian ascetics who lived unsheltered on the tops of high pillars.

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[Late Greek stlts, from Greek stlos, pillar; see st- in Indo-European roots.]

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sty·litic (-ltk) adj.

stylit·ism (stltz-m) n.

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stylite - an early Christian ascetic who lived on top of high pillars abstainer, ascetic - someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline