pillar
see also: Pillar
Etymology
Pillar
Proper noun
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see also: Pillar
Etymology
From Middle English piler, from Old French pilier, from Medieval Latin - or Vulgar Latin *pilāre, from Latin pila.
Pronunciation Nounpillar (plural pillars)
- (architecture) A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
- Something resembling such a structure.
- a pillar of smoke
- (figuratively) An essential part of something that provides support.
- He's a pillar of the community.
- (Roman Catholic) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
- a. 1529, John Skelton, a poem:
- two laye-men secular
eache of theym holdynge a pillar
In their hondes, steade of a mace
- The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
- (bodybuilding) The body from the hips over the core to the shoulders.
- (geology) A vertical, often spire-shaped, natural rock formation.
- French: pilier, pile
- German: Pfeiler, Säule
- Italian: pilastro
- Portuguese: pilar
- Russian: столб
- Spanish: pilar
- Russian: опло́т
pillar (pillars, present participle pillaring; simple past and past participle pillared)
- To provide with pillars or added strength as if from pillars.
Pillar
Proper noun
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