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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STYLITE, n. [Gr., a column.] In ecclesiastical history, the Stylites were a sect of solitaries, who stood motionless on columns or pillars for the exercise of their patience.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an early Christian ascetic who lived on top of high pillars

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Late Greek stylit?s, from Greek stylos pillar — more at steer Date: circa 1638 a Christian ascetic living atop a pillar • stylitic adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Eccl. hist. an ancient or medieval ascetic living on top of a pillar. Etymology: eccl.Gk stulites f. stulos pillar

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Pillarist, pillar saint.