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stylite

N นักพรต ใน ศาสนา คริตส์ สมัยก่อน 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STYLITE

n.[Gr. , a column. ] In ecclesiastical history, the Stylites were a sect of solitaries, who stood motionless on columns or pillars for the exercise of their patience.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STYLITE

Sty "lite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Eccl. Hist. )

 

Defn: One of a sect of anchorites in the early church, who lived on the tops of pillars for the exercise of their patience; -- called also pillarist and pillar saint.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

stylite

sty lite |ˈstīˌlīt ˈstaɪlaɪt | noun historical an ascetic living on top of a pillar, esp. in ancient or medieval Syria, Turkey, and Greece in the 5th century ad . ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from ecclesiastical Greek stulitēs, from stulos pillar.

 

Oxford Dictionary

stylite

stylite |ˈstʌɪlʌɪt | noun historical an ascetic living on top of a pillar, especially in ancient or medieval Syria, Turkey, and Greece in the 5th century ad . ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from ecclesiastical Greek stulitēs, from stulos pillar .

 

Duden Dictionary

Stylit

Sty lit Substantiv, maskulin christliche Religion , der |Styl i t st … ʃt …auch …ˈlɪt |spätgriechisch stylítēs = zu einer Säule gehörig, zu griechisch stỹlos = Säule frühchristlicher Säulenheiliger