pillar

PIL'LAR, noun [Latin pila, a pile, a pillar a mortar and pestle. The Latin pila denotes a heap, or things thrown, put or driven together.]Literally, a pile or heap; hence, 1. A kind or irregular column round an insulate, but deviating from the proportions of a just column. Pillars are either too massive or too slender for regular architecture; they are not restricted to any rules, and their parts and proportions are arbitrary. A square pillar is a massive work, called also a pier or piedroit, serving to support arches. etc.2. A supporter; that which sustains or upholds; that on which some superstructure rests. Galatians 2:9.3. A monument raised to commemorate any person or remarkable transaction.And Jacob set a pillar on her grave. Genesis 35:14. 2 Samuel 18:18.4. Something resembling a pillar; as a pillar of salt. Genesis 19:26.So a pillar of a cloud, a pillar of fire. Exodus 13:21.5. Foundation; support. Job 9:6.6. In ships, a square or round timber fixed perpendicularly under the middle of the beams for supporting the decks.7. In the manege, the center of the volta, ring or manege ground, around which a horse turns. There are also pillars on the circumference or side, placed at certain distances by two and two