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English
Etymology
Representing the Latin Stȳlītēs and/or the Ancient Greek Στῡλῑ́της (Stūlī́tēs) in saints’ epithets borrowed or adapted in toto from those languages.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Stylites
- (Christianity) an epithet of several saints revered as stylites
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