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“pillar”
1. A vertical column that is part of a building or some other structure and which can be either a support or a decoration.
2. A tall cylindrical vertical upright that is used to support a structure or a vertical structure standing alone and not supporting anything; such as, a monument.
3. A mainstay of an organization or society who is important and respected within a group: "Mike was a pillar of his church."
4. A basic fact, idea, or principle of something: "Henry's idea was the central pillar of the theory that the right to vote is a pillar of democracy."
5. Something which rises into the air in a tall, thin shape: "Leone could see pillars of smoke going up from the factory as she stood on a pillar of stone."
6. Etymology: from Old French piler; from Medieval Latin (about 700 to about 1500) pilare; from Latin pila, "pillar, stone barrier".
2. A tall cylindrical vertical upright that is used to support a structure or a vertical structure standing alone and not supporting anything; such as, a monument.
3. A mainstay of an organization or society who is important and respected within a group: "Mike was a pillar of his church."
4. A basic fact, idea, or principle of something: "Henry's idea was the central pillar of the theory that the right to vote is a pillar of democracy."
5. Something which rises into the air in a tall, thin shape: "Leone could see pillars of smoke going up from the factory as she stood on a pillar of stone."
6. Etymology: from Old French piler; from Medieval Latin (about 700 to about 1500) pilare; from Latin pila, "pillar, stone barrier".
The figurative sense of "a prop" or "a support of an institution or community" is first recorded in the early 14th century.
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“pillar”
(Greek: column; pillar; pillarlike implement or structure, especially the styloid process of the temporal bone)
(Greek: an inscribed stone slab; a block of stone, gravestone; a column, a pillar [also a reference to certain plant structures])
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“pillar”
Something, someone, or those who give support to or help during a difficult time or times: "William's church was his pillar of strength after his wife died."
"Mildred's friends were her pillars of strength when she was medically diagnosed as having incurable cancer."