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STYLITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stylite mean?
• STYLITE (noun)
The noun STYLITE has 1 sense:
1. an early Christian ascetic who lived on top of high pillars
Familiarity information: STYLITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An early Christian ascetic who lived on top of high pillars
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("stylite" is a kind of...):
abstainer; ascetic (someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline)
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