stylite

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A stylite was an ascetic who lived, usually for religious reasons, perched day in, day out on top of a pillar.

From The Guardian • Aug. 18, 2012

He highly approved of the extraordinary conduct of the stylite, and the heads of the Libyan Church followed, in the absence of Athanasius, the opinion of the Patriarch.

From Thais by Douglas, Robert B. (Robert Bruce)

He stopped, some paces from the column, and began to examine the stylite, wiping his face meanwhile with the skirt of his toga.

From Thais by Douglas, Robert B. (Robert Bruce)

Soon the report of this extraordinary existence spread from village to village, and the labourers of the valley came on Sundays, with their wives and children, to look at the stylite.

From Thais by Douglas, Robert B. (Robert Bruce)