STYLITE


Meaning of STYLITE in English

— stylitic /stuy lit"ik/ , adj.

/stuy"luyt/ , n. Eccles. Hist.

one of a class of solitary ascetics who lived on the top of high pillars or columns.

[ 1630-40; stylítes, equiv. to styl ( os ) pillar + -ites -ITE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .