Pillar

pil′ar, n. ( arch it. ) a detached support, differing from a column in that it is not nece arily cylindrical, or of cla ical proportions: one who, or anything that, sustains: something resembling a pillar in appearance.— adj. Pill′ared , supported by a pillar: having the form of a pillar.— ns. Pill′ar-box , a short pillar in a street with receptacle for letters to be sent by post; Pill′arist , Pill′ar-saint , a person in the early church who crucified the flesh by living on the summit of pillars in the open air, a stylite.— From pillar to post , from one state of difficulty to another: hither and thither. [O. Fr. piler (Fr. pilier )—Low L. pilare —L. pīla , a pillar.]