Definition of Stylites

1. Noun. (plural of stylite) ¹

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Definition of Stylites

1. stylite [n] - See also: stylite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stylites

styliser
stylisers
stylises
stylish
stylishly
stylishness
stylishnesses
stylising
stylism
stylist
stylistic
stylistically
stylistics
stylists
stylite
stylites (current term)
stylitic
stylitism
stylitisms
stylization
stylizations
stylize
stylized
stylizer
stylizers
stylizes
stylizing
styll
stylo
stylo-

Literary usage of Stylites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"Among these heroes of the monastic life, the name and genius of Simeon stylites 70 have been immortalized by the singular invention of an aerial penance. ..."

2. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints by Alban Butler (1866)
"SIMEON stylites, C. From the account given of him by Theodoret, one of the most judicious and ... Euthymius, Theodosius, Auxentius, and Daniel stylites. ..."

3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman (1852)
"... and genius of Simeon stylites 70 have been immortalized by the singular invention of an aerial penance. At the age of thirteen, the young Syrian ..."

4. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Tennyson has a poem on Simeon stylites. " I, Simeon of the Pillar by surname, ... stylites ..."

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