pillar

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  1. noun A slender, freestanding, vertical support; a column.
  2. noun Such a structure or one similar to it used for decoration.
  3. noun One who occupies a central or responsible position: a pillar of the state.
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  • The thickest pillar was the C-pillar (the pillars farthest to the back) at only about 5.5 inches thick. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • Two fundamental objectives of this pillar are the deepening of staff relations and adding value to the employment experience in CXC. —  Stabroek News
  • On one side of the pillar is a framed white Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games T-shirt - dated July 5, 2003 - signed by all of the Liberals 'then caucus members. —  Public Eye Online
  • A plaque carrying an abridged and expurgated history of the pillar was affixed to the base of the pillar in 1867 and it says: —  Kafila
  • Suetonius says, that a pillar was also erected to him, of about twenty feet in height, with the inscription parenti patriæ,’ ‘To the father of his country,’ and that for some time persons resorted to that spot to offer sacrifices and to make vows. —  The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations
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column ·  arch ·  statue ·  dome ·  tower ·  slab ·  staircase ·  building ·  roof ·  pyramid ·  monument ·  temple

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pillar:   pillars

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  1. Middle English, from Old French pilier, from Medieval Latin pīlāre, from Latin pīla.

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  1. Early modern English piller; from Middle English piller, pillare, pyllare, pyllour, piler, pyler, pylere, pelere, pyleer, pilour, from Old French piler, pilier, French pilier = Provencal Spanish Portuguese pilar = Italian piliere = Dutch pilaar = Middle Low German pīlere, pilar, Low German pīler = Old High German pīliri, pfīlāri, Middle High German phīlære, pfīler, German pfeiler = Swedish pelare = Danish piller, pille = Irish pileir, a pillar, from Middle Latin pilare, also pilarius, pilarium, and pilleare, a pillar, from Latin pila, a pillar, pier, mole: see pile.
 

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