stylitism


sty·lite

S0830100 (stī′līt′)n. One of a number of early Christian ascetics who lived unsheltered on the tops of high pillars.
[Late Greek stūlītēs, from Greek stūlos, pillar; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
sty·lit′ic (-lĭt′ĭk) adj.sty′lit·ism (stī′lī′tĭz-əm) n.

stylitism

(ˈstaɪlaɪˌtɪzəm) nthe practice of being a stylite