[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pillar \pil"lar\, a. mach.
   having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs;
   as, a pillar drill.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pillar \pil"lar\, n. oe. pilerf. pilier, ll. pilare, pilarium,
   pilarius, fr. l. pila a pillar. see pile a heap.
   1. the general and popular term for a firm, upright,
      insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or
      post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a
      superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an
      ornament.
      1913 webster

            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

   2. figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in
      appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay;
      as, the pillars of hercules; a pillar of the state. "you
      are a well-deserving pillar." --shak.
      1913 webster

            by day a cloud, by night a pillar of fire. --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. r. c. ch. a portable ornamental column, formerly carried
      before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the
      church. obs. --skelton.
      1913 webster

   4. man. the center of the volta, ring, or manege ground,
      around which a horse turns.
      1913 webster

   from pillar to post, hither and thither; to and fro; from
      one place or predicament to another; backward and forward.
      colloq.

   pillar saint. see stylite.

   pillars of the fauces. see fauces, 1.
      1913 webster
see also:
pile from pillar to post pillar saint stylite pillars of the fauces fauces 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

pillar
     n 1: a fundamental principle or practice; "science eroded the
          pillars of superstition"
     2: anything tall and thin approximating the shape of a column
        or tower; "the test tube held a column of white powder";
        "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar
        of smoke betrayed their campsite" syn: column, tower
     3: a prominent supporter; "he is a pillar of the community"
        syn: mainstay
     4: a vertical structure standing alone and not supporting
        anything as a monument or a column of air syn: column
     5: architeture a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used
        to support a structure syn: column
see also:
column tower mainstay 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

152 moby thesaurus words for "pillar":
   antenna tower, arcade, arch, atlas, backbone, baluster, balustrade,
   banister, barbican, barrel, barrow, base, bedrock, belfry,
   bell tower, bole, boundary stone, brass, bust, cairn, campanile,
   caryatid, cask, cenotaph, champion, colonnade, colonnette,
   colossus, column, cromlech, cross, cup, cupola, cyclolith,
   cylinder, cylindroid, dado, defender, derrick, die, dolmen, dome,
   drum, fire tower, footstalk, footstone, foundation, grave,
   gravestone, headstone, hoarstone, inscription, jack, lantern,
   leader, lighthouse, mainstay, marker, martello, martello tower,
   mast, mausoleum, megalith, memento, memorial, memorial arch,
   memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone, menhir, minaret,
   monolith, monument, mound, necrology, newel-post, obelisk,
   obituary, observation tower, pagoda, patron, patroness, pedestal,
   pedicel, peduncle, peristyle, pier, pilaster, pile, piling,
   pinnacle, pipe, plaque, plinth, pole, portico, post, prize, prop,
   protector, protectress, pylon, pyramid, queen-post, reliquary,
   remembrance, ribbon, rock, roll, roller, rostral column, rouleau,
   safekeeper, shaft, shrine, sinews, skyscraper, socle, spire, staff,
   stalk, stanchion, stand, standard, standpipe, steeple, stela, stem,
   stone, stupa, subbase, supporter, surbase, tablet, telamon,
   television mast, testimonial, tomb, tombstone, tope, tour, tower,
   tower of strength, trophy, trunk, tube, turret, upholder, upright,
   water tower, windmill tower, worthy

[5] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

pillar
   used to support a building judg. 16:26, 29; as a trophy or
   memorial gen. 28:18; 35:20; ex. 24:4; 1 sam. 15:12, a.v.,
   "place," more correctly "monument," or "trophy of victory," as
   in 2 sam. 18:18; of fire, by which the divine presence was
   manifested ex. 13:2. the "plain of the pillar" in judg. 9:6
   ought to be, as in the revised version, the "oak of the pillar",
   i.e., of the monument or stone set up by joshua 24:26.
   

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