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stylites: see Simeon Stylites Simeon Stylites, Saint (sĭm`ēŏn stīlī`tēz) [Gr.,= of a pillar], d. 459?, Syrian hermit.
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medieval ascetics; resided atop pillars. [Christian Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1045]
See : Isolation


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