| 单词 |
pillarist |
| 释义 |
pillarist|ˈpɪlərɪst| [f. pillar n. + -ist.] 1. An ascetic who passes his life on a pillar; a pillar-saint, a stylite.
a1638Mede Apostasy Later Times (1641) 109 Holy Simeon, surnamed Stylita or the Pillarist. 1871R. B. Vaughan Life S. Tho. of Aquin II. 265 note, The Stylitæ or Pillarists, lived on pillars. 2. One who is in favour of a pillar (e.g. as a monument). nonce-use.
1814J. W. Croker in C. Papers (1884) I. iii. 58, I quite agree with the Committee in its predilection for a pillar [as a monument to Wellington]. I was one of the pillarists in the Nelson case. |
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