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Definition of Stylites
1. stylite [n] - See also: stylite
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stylites
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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