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Stylites
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stylites
English
Etymology
Representing the en la stylites Stȳlītēs and/or the en grc στυλίτης Στῡλῑ́της in saints’ epithets borrowed or adapted in toto from those languages.
Pronunciation
en /staɪˈlaɪtiːz/ RP
en /stʌɪˈlʌɪtiːz/ UK
en /staɪˈlaɪtiz/ US
Proper noun
en Christianity an epithet of several saints revered as en stylite stylites
Further reading
Alypius the Stylite Alypius Stylites en
Daniel the Stylite Daniel Stylites en
Simeon Stylites Simeon Stylites the Elder en
Simeon Stylites the Younger en