n. [ OE. pilerF. pilier, LL. pilare, pilarium, pilarius, fr. L. pila a pillar. See Pile a heap. ]
Jacob set a pillar upon her grave. Gen. xxxv. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]
The place . . . vast and proud,
Supported by a hundred pillars stood. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
By day a cloud, by night a pillar of fire. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
From pillar to post,
Pillar saint.
Pillars of the fauces.
a. (Mach.) Having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs;
n. See under Pillow. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Supported or ornamented by pillars; resembling a pillar, or pillars. “The pillared arches.” Sir W. Scott. “Pillared flame.” Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A little pillar. [ R. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Eccl. Hist.) See Stylite. [ 1913 Webster ]