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Pillar

Pillar Meaning & Definition
Pillar Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pillar?

[n] a tall cylindrical vertical upright
[n] a vertical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (as a monument or a column of air)
[n] a fundamental principle or practice; "science eroded the pillars of superstition"
[n] a prominent supporter; "he is a pillar of the community"
[n] anything tall and thin approximating the shape of a column or tower; "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pillar: column | column | mainstay | tower

Related Terms | Find terms related to Pillar: antenna tower | arcade | arch | atlas | backbone | baluster | balustrade | banister | barbican | barrel | barrow | base | bedrock | belfry | bell tower | bole | boundary stone | brass | bust | cairn | campanile | caryatid | cask | cenotaph | champion | colonnade | colonnette | colossus | column | cromlech | cross | cup | cupola | cyclolith | cylinder | cylindroid | dado | defender | derrick | die | dolmen | dome | drum | fire tower | footstalk | footstone | foundation | grave | gravestone | headstone | hoarstone | inscription | jack | lantern | leader | lighthouse | mainstay | marker | martello | martello tower | mast | mausoleum | megalith | memento | memorial | memorial arch | memorial column | memorial statue | memorial stone | menhir | minaret | monolith | monument | mound | necrology | newel-post | obelisk | obituary | observation tower | pagoda | patron | patroness | pedestal | pedicel | peduncle | peristyle | pier | pilaster | pile | piling | pinnacle | pipe | plaque | plinth | pole | portico | post | prize | prop | protector | protectress | pylon | pyramid | queen-post | reliquary | remembrance | ribbon | rock | roll | roller | rostral column | rouleau | safekeeper | shaft | shrine | sinews | skyscraper | socle | spire | staff | stalk | stanchion | stand | standard | standpipe | steeple | stela | stem | stone | stupa | subbase | supporter | surbase | tablet | telamon | television mast | testimonial | tomb | tombstone | tope | tour | tower | tower of strength | trophy | trunk | tube | turret | upholder | upright | water tower | windmill tower | worthy

See Also | admirer | atlas | booster | cap | capital | caryatid | champion | chapiter | construction | footstall | form | friend | newel | obelisk | pedestal | pilaster | pile | piling | plinth | principle | protagonist | rule | shaft | shape | spile | stilt | structure | support column | supporter | telamon | temple | totem pole | upright | vertical

Pillar In Webster's Dictionary

\Pil"lar\, n. [OE. pilerF. pilier, LL. pilare, pilarium, pilarius, fr. L. pila a pillar. See {Pile} a heap.] 1. The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an ornament. Jacob set a pillar upon her grave. --Gen. xxxv. 20. The place . . . vast and proud, Supported by a hundred pillars stood. --Dryden. 2. Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay; as, the Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state. ``You are a well-deserving pillar.'' --Shak. By day a cloud, by night a pillar of fire. --Milton. 3. (R. C. Ch.) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church. [Obs.] --Skelton. 4. (Man.) The center of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns. {From pillar to post}, hither and thither; to and fro; from one place or predicament to another; backward and forward. [Colloq.] {Pillar saint}. See {Stylite}. {Pillars of the fauces}. See {Fauces}, 1.
\Pil"lar\, a. (Mach.) Having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs; as, a pillar drill.

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