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. |