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pillarist

pillarist noun: a stylite.

Noun

pillarist (plural pillarists)

  1. (historical) A stylite.

Forms of pillarist

pluralpillarists

Origin of pillarist

From pillar + -ist.

Questions about pillarist

What does pillarist mean?
Pillarist means a stylite.
What part of speech is pillarist?
Pillarist is a noun.
What is the plural of pillarist?
The plural of pillarist is pillarists.

Words near pillarist in the dictionary

  1. pillarisation
  2. pillarise
  3. pillarised
  4. pillarises
  5. pillarising
  6. pillarist
  7. pillarists
  8. pillarization
  9. pillarize
  10. pillarized
  11. pillarizes

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