Stylites

See also: stylites

English

Etymology

Representing the Latin Stȳlītēs and/or the Ancient Greek Στῡλῑ́της (Stūlī́tēs) in saints’ epithets borrowed or adapted in toto from those languages.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Stylites

  1. (Christianity) an epithet of several saints revered as stylites

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