Associations to the word «Stylite»

Wiktionary

STYLITE, noun. (Christianity) (historical) A Christian ascetic in ancient times who lived alone on top of a tall pillar.

Dictionary definition

STYLITE, noun. An early Christian ascetic who lived on top of high pillars.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne