Usually means: Ascetics living atop pillars, isolated.
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  1. stylites: Merriam-Webster
  2. stylites: Collins English Dictionary
  3. stylites: Vocabulary.com
  4. Stylites, stylites: Wordnik
  5. Stylites, stylites: Wiktionary
  6. stylites: Dictionary.com
  7. Stylites: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Stylites: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Stylites: Encyclopedia

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  1. Stylites: Catholic Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  (Christianity) an epithet of several saints revered as stylites

Similar:
pillarist, Stylianos, Triantaphyllos, Stephen, idiomelon, hierolatry, akathist, Athonite, ice saints, Chrysostom, more...

Phrases:
Simeon Stylites, simon stylites, st simeon stylites, saint simeon stylites, simeon stylites saint, more...

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Similar:
pillarist, Stylianos, Triantaphyllos, Stephen, idiomelon, hierolatry, akathist, Athonite, ice saints, Chrysostom, more...

Phrases:
Simeon Stylites, simon stylites, st simeon stylites, saint simeon stylites, simeon stylites saint, st. simeon stylites, Church of Saint Simeon Stylites, more...



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