[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

stylite \sty"lite\ stimac"limact, n. gr. styli`ths, fr.
   sty^los 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.
   1913 webster

         the two other holy men in gregory's narrative had more
         exotic origins than the pair that has just been seen.
         gregory encountered one of them when on a journey to
         the north-eastern parts of the frankish kingdom. this
         was a lombard, named vulfolaic, who had spent some
         years in the arduous exercise of being a stylite, the
         christian equivalent of a flagpole sitter; in other
         words, vulfolaic was a monk whose main austerity
         consisted in living on top of a pillar. by carrying out
         this feat in the rain, snow, and frost of the moselle
         valley, vulfolaic had convinced the local population to
         overthrow and abandon the idol of diana to which they
         were addicted.                           --walter
                                                  goffart,
                                                  foreigners in
                                                  the histories
                                                  of gregory of
                                                  tours
                                                  http://www.arts.uwo.ca/florilegium/goffart.html.
see also:
pillarist pillar saint 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

stylite
     n : an early christian ascetic who lived on top of high pillars

Stylite >> S Words
Stylite, definition of term: Stylite
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Compass Vol. 14 #2, Saint
...It could be a matter of great pride to live in a town with a stylite. ... The stylite might live in a small house built on the pillar's top, or ... ..
http://www.gvanv.com/compass/arch/v1402/saint.html, score=100, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 3:57 pm

Stylite - tijdelijk offline
... ..
http://www.stylite.nl/, score=80, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 3:24 am

Patron Saints Index: Saint Daniel the Stylite
...Life of Daniel the Stylite, translated by Elizabeth Dawes. Greek ... Stylite ... ..
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintd41.htm, score=75, date indexed=December 6, 2005, 2:47 pm

Medieval Sourcebook: Life of Daniel the Stylite
...It was Simeon the Stylite who in the fifth century set the model for ... The Stylite soon became a magnet and drew disciples desiring to settle ... ..
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/dan-stylite.html, score=66, date indexed=January 22, 2006, 8:49 am

Stylite Editorial
...Contact information for Stylite and Rachel Pasqua. ... ..
http://www.stylite.org/, score=62, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 10:10 pm

JOSHUA THE STYLITE - LoveToKnow Article on JOSHUA THE STYLITE
...JOSHUA THE STYLITE. , the reputed author of a chronicle which narrates ... To properly cite this JOSHUA THE STYLITE article in your work, copy ... ..
http://48.1911encyclopedia.org/J/JO/JOSHUA_THE_STYLITE.htm, score=57, date indexed=November 17, 2005, 8:19 am

STYLITE Solutions
... ..
http://www.stylite.co.uk/, score=55, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 9:29 am

Stylite Lighting
... ..
http://www.stylitelighting.com/, score=51, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 12:49 am

Stylite
...Stylite Lighting, located at 14 East 14th Street in the former Carr- ... Stylite Lighting, a specialty lighting manufacturer based in ... ..
http://www.tcdne.org/Stylite.htm, score=48, date indexed=January 14, 2006, 6:05 pm

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