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Pillar 1

Definition: 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.

Pillar 2

Definition: 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.

Pillar 3

Definition: A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.

Pillar 4

Definition: The center of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.

Pillar 5

Definition: Having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs; as, a pillar drill.

pillar 6

Definition: (architeture) a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used to support a structure

pillar 7

Definition: a vertical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (as a monument or a column of air)

pillar 8

Definition: a fundamental principle or practice; "science eroded the pillars of superstition"

pillar 9

Definition: a prominent supporter; "he is a pillar of the community"

pillar 10

Definition: 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"

 

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