[stahy-lahyt] 
| one of a class of solitary ascetics who lived on the top of high pillars or columns. |
[stahy-lit-ik] , adjective | sty·lite (stī'līt') n. One of a number of early Christian ascetics who lived unsheltered on the tops of high pillars. [Late Greek stūlītēs, from Greek stūlos, pillar; see stā- in Indo-European roots.] sty·lit'ic (-lĭt'ĭk) adj., sty'lit·ism (stī'lī'tĭz-əm) n. |
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