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Noun: stylite  'stI(-u),lIt
  1. An early Christian ascetic who lived on top of high pillars
    "Saint Simeon Stylites was a famous stylite who lived atop a pillar for 37 years"

Derived forms: stylites

Type of: abstainer, ascetic

Encyclopedia: Stylite