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Synonyms for pillar

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pil-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪl ər

Top 10 synonyms for pillar
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Définition of pillar

Origin :
  • c.1200, from Old French piler "pillar, column, pier" (12c., Modern French pilier) and directly from Medieval Latin pilare, from Latin pila "pillar, stone barrier." Figurative sense of "prop or support of an institution or community" is first recorded early 14c. Phrase pillar to post is c.1600, originally of tennis, exact meaning obscure.
  • noun column of building, or freestanding column
  • noun mainstay; source of strength
Example sentences :
  • When LOT swapped his wife away for a pillar of salt, the trade was free.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 7, May 14, 1870 » by Various
  • Behind it, at the corner of a pillar, was an ever-burning altar-lamp.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • In an hour we can raise a pillar of ice ten feet high, and that is quite enough.
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • Crowded against the pillar I could not escape and so tried to appear unconcerned.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • They threatened between them to fix her there in a pillar of snow.
  • Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
  • Then he turned the water-taps, of which there was one by every pillar.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • In front of that temple there are three altars, and in front of the altars a pillar.
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
  • He sat by the pillar at which he had first placed himself, and hardly ever rose from it.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
  • She stood for some minutes leaning against a pillar to collect her senses.
  • Extract from : « Two Penniless Princesses » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • All sorts of legends are told of it, and it is said to have been a piece of Jacob's Pillar.
  • Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook
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