: a Christian ascetic living atop a pillar
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In the story about the columns, they are said to have originated with a fiery seventeenth-century preacher, but the whole notion obviously owes something to the stylites, those early Christian ascetics who lived on top of pillars in the desert.
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Charles McGrath, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
Charles McGrath, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
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“Stylite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stylite. Accessed 3 Dec. 2023.
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