Stylite
noun, Ecclesiastical History.
1.
one of a class of solitary ascetics who lived on the top of high pillars or columns.
noun
1.
(Christianity) one of a class of recluses who in ancient times lived on the top of high pillars
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- Stylization
verb (used with object), stylized, stylizing. 1. to design in or cause to conform to a particular style, as of representation or treatment in art; conventionalize. verb 1. (transitive) to give a conventional or established stylistic form to
- Stylize
verb (used with object), stylized, stylizing. 1. to design in or cause to conform to a particular style, as of representation or treatment in art; conventionalize. verb 1. (transitive) to give a conventional or established stylistic form to
- Stylized
verb (used with object), stylized, stylizing. 1. to design in or cause to conform to a particular style, as of representation or treatment in art; conventionalize. verb 1. (transitive) to give a conventional or established stylistic form to
- Stylo-
1. a combining form representing style, or styloid, in the formation of compound words: stylography. 1. a combining form meaning “column,” “pillar,” “tube,” used in the formation of compound words: stylolite. combining form 1. (in biology) a style: stylopodium 2. indicating a column or point: stylobate, stylograph stylo- or styl- pref. Styloid; styloid process: stylohyal.
- Stylobate
noun, Architecture. (in a classical temple) 1. a course of masonry, part of the stereobate, forming the foundation for a colonnade, especially the outermost colonnade. noun 1. a continuous horizontal course of masonry that supports a colonnade