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1 Pillar -- rank: 1000

Pillar definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PIL'LAR, n. [L. pila, a pile, a pillar, a mortar and pestle. The L. pila denotes a heap ... rules, and their parts and proportions are arbitrary. A square pillar is a massive work, called also a pier or piedroit ... commemorate any person or remarkable transaction. And Jacob set a pillar on her grave. Genesis 35. 1 Samuel 18. 4. Something resembling a pillar; as a pillar of salt. Genesis 19. So a pillar of a ...

2 from pillar to post -- rank: 804

from pillar to post definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adv 1 ... one place or situation to another; "we were driven from pillar to post" [syn: from pillar to post, hither and thither] Merriam Webster's phrasal from ... place or one predicament to another Webster's 1913 Dictionary 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 ... erected for a monument or an ornament. Jacob set a pillar upon her grave. --Gen. xxxv. 20. The place . . . vast ...

3 pillar saint -- rank: 781

pillar saint definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stylite Sty"lite, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? a pillar.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of anchorites in the ... for the exercise of their patience; -- called also pillarist and pillar saint. Webster's 1913 Dictionary 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 ... erected for a monument or an ornament. Jacob set a pillar upon her grave. --Gen. xxxv. 20. The place . . . vast ...

4 pillar box -- rank: 718

pillar box definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a red pillar-shaped letter box Collin's Cobuild Dictionary also pillar-box(pillar boxes) In Britain, a pillar box is a tall red box in the street in ...

5 PLAIN OF THE PILLAR -- rank: 695

PLAIN OF THE PILLAR definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ('elon mutstsbh; Codex Vaticanus reads ... the Revised Version margin we must read "terebinth of the pillar," the place where the men of Shechem and Beth-millo ... have been several near Shechem. See MEONENIM, OAK OF. "The pillar" may possibly have been the great stone which Joshua set ...

6 pillar-box -- rank: 695

pillar-box definitions Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1858 British a pillar-shaped mailbox Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see pillar box

7 Sand pillar -- rank: 695

Sand pillar definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Sand grouse (Zo["o]l ... o]l.) (a) The sauger. (b) The lizard fish. Sand pillar, a sand storm which takes the form of a whirling pillar in its progress in desert tracts like those of the ...

8 pillar-shaped -- rank: 683

pillar-shaped definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: shaped like a cylindrical pillar

9 Pillar-block -- rank: 683

Pillar-block definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pillar-block Pil"lar-block`, n. See under Pillow.

10 pillar of strength -- rank: 683

pillar of strength definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1 ... great deal of support and comfort [syn: tower of strength, pillar of strength]

11 PILLAR, PLAIN OF THE -- rank: 683

PILLAR, PLAIN OF THE definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia See PLAIN OF THE PILLAR.

12 CLOUD, PILLAR OF -- rank: 683

CLOUD, PILLAR OF definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia See CLOUD, II, 2; PILLAR OF CLOUD.

13 Water pillar -- rank: 683

Water pillar definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Water pillar Wa"ter pil"lar A waterspout. [Obs.]

14 Bundle pillar -- rank: 683

Bundle pillar definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bundle Bun"dle (b[u ... united in a bundle, no strength could bend. --Goldsmith. Bundle pillar (Arch.), a column or pier, with others of small dimensions ...

15 pillar block -- rank: 683

pillar block definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pillow Pil"low, n ... for tightening the bearings by means of bolts; -- called also pillar block, or plumber block. Pillow lace, handmade lace wrought with ...