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(pil′ər) noun
1. A firm, upright, separate support; column or shaft.
2. Something resembling a column in form or use.
3. One who or that which strongly supports a work or cause.
—from pillar to post From one thing to another; from one predicament to another; hither and thither.
—v.t. To adorn or support with or as with pillars. [<OF piler <LL pilare <L pila a pillar]
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