Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Stylite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stylite
n : an early Christian ascetic who lived on top of high pillars
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