Definitions for stylites

stylites sty·lite

Spelling: [stahy-lahyt]
IPA: /ˈstaɪ laɪt/

Stylites is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 169 anagrams from letters in stylites (eilsstty).

Definitions for stylites

noun

  1. one of a class of solitary ascetics who lived on the top of high pillars or columns.
  2. one of a class of solitary ascetics who lived on the top of high pillars or columns.

Origin of stylites

1630-40; Late Greek stȳlī́tēs, equivalent to stŷl(os) pillar + -itēs -ite1

Examples for stylites

This old monk was St. Luke the stylite, appearing in vision.

Simeon the stylite comes down from his pillar-top, and chaffers in the market-place with common folks.

He stopped, some paces from the column, and began to examine the stylite, wiping his face meanwhile with the skirt of his toga.

A stylite might have contented himself there; Gilliatt, more luxurious in his requirements, wanted something more commodious.

A stylite might have contented himself there; Gilliatt, more luxurious in his requirements, wanted something more commodious.

This old monk was St. Luke the stylite, appearing in vision.

He stopped, some paces from the column, and began to examine the stylite, wiping his face meanwhile with the skirt of his toga.

Simeon the stylite comes down from his pillar-top, and chaffers in the market-place with common folks.

Word Value for stylites
Scrable

10

Words with friends

10

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