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Definition of Stylite

Stylite
Stylite 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.

Meaning of Stylite from wikipedia

- A stylite (Ancient Gr****: στυλίτης (stylitēs) 'pillar dweller', derived from στῦλος (stȳlos) 'pillar' and classical Syriac: ܐܣܛܘܢܝܐ (astˁonāyā)) or pillar-saint...
- Simeon Stylites or Symeon the Stylite (Gr****: Συμεών ό Στυλίτης; Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܐܣܛܘܢܐ, romanized: Šimʕun dʼAstˁonā; Arabic: سمعان العمودي, romanized: Simʿān...
- Alypius the Stylite (Ancient Gr****: Ἀλύπιος ὁ Στυλίτης) was a seventh-century ascetic saint. He is revered as a monastic founder, an intercessor for the...
- Daniel the Stylite (Gr****: Δανιὴλ ὁ στυλίτης, c. 409 – 493) is a saint and stylite of the Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Eastern Catholic Churches...
- The Church of Saint Simeon Stylites (Arabic: كنيسة مار سمعان العمودي, romanized: Kanīsat Mār Simʿān el-ʿAmūdī) is one of the oldest surviving church complexes...
- Nicetas (Nikita) Stylites was a 12th-century Russian saint who founded the Monastery of St. Nicetas on the eastern s**** of Lake Pleshcheyevo in Zalesye...
- John the Stylite, also known as John of Litharb (died c. 737/738), was a Syriac Orthodox monk and author. He was a stylite attached to the monastery of...
- The Chronicle of Pseudo-Joshua the Stylite is an anonymous Syriac history of the period 494–506 AD. Its actual title as given in the m****cript is A Historical...
- but was a confusion with Alypios the Stylite, who shares a saint's day and city of birth, with the attribute 'stylite' being confused with a cognomen Στυλιανός...
- Simeon Stylites the Younger, also known as Simeon of the Admirable Mountain (Gr****: Συμεὼν ὁ νεώτερος ὁ στυλίτης, Arabic: مار سمعان العمودي الأصغر mār...