Vocabulary : Pillar to Pilleries
Pillar : 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. ;; 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. ;; A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church. ;; The center of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns. ;; Having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs; as, a pillar drill.Pillar-block : See under Pillow.
Pillared : Supported or ornamented by pillars; resembling a pillar, or pillars.
Pillaret : A little pillar.
Pillarist : See Stylite.
