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pillar | American Dictionary

pillar
noun[ C ]
us/ˈpɪl·ər/
a strong vertical column made of stone, metal, or wood that supports part of a building or stands alone for decoration
A pillar is also someone or something that is an important part of a group, place, or activity:
He’s a pillar of the Dallas business community.

Examples of pillar

pillar
The religious orders were also considered to be pillars of stability, particularly the monasteries.
At this point, the boundary pillars were mysteriously removed.
One of the main pillars of support for this optimistic progressionism was the theory of evolution.
Predictably, the changes in the 1990s have occurred because each one of these pillars has changed, no longer supporting the postwar political system.
The moments of transition are marked by pillars - the previous sound example; the 'gifts' from outside the central exchange.
However, the different forms that these public pillars take have quite different distributional effects on subgroups among women.
The fully funded nature of the second and third pillars promotes adequate savings as demographic pressures rise.
The rail is fixed to a frame, supported by 4 floor-standing pillars.
There are three pillars of the group's organization.
The issues around who we trust are complicated, especially when the values of certain pillars of the media establishment are currently being questioned.
There are several images, which are clearly icons, showing isolated pillars with a pair of attendant heraldic beasts.
Evans was among the first to recognize that single pillars were treated as idols.
The third issue concerns distributive equity and efficiency ; this topic incorporates taxation and means tests that often integrate the retirement pillars.
The lobbies will be so wide, as to include within them the pillars in the front and on each side.
The blue square tiles and the orange pillars contrasted with the earth tones and wood of the latest renovation down the corridor.
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Collocations withpillar

pillar

These are words often used in combination with pillar.

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central pillar
Government-sponsored health insurance is a centralpillar of the modern welfare state.
concrete pillar
I received a telephone call saying that my wife had wrapped her new car around a concretepillar.
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