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Pillar

A slender, freestanding, vertical support; a column.

Relatively slender isolated vertical structural member such as a pier or (usually squat) column.

It may be constructed of a single piece of stone or wood or built up of units, such as bricks.

A pillar commonly has a load-bearing or stabilizing function, but it may also stand alone, as do commemorative pillars.

Pillar, freestanding columnar supporting member.

It is a general term, little used as an exact architectural definition except as applied to an upright support in the medieval styles, consisting of an assemblage of juxtaposed shafts and moldings; unlike the column, it does not adhere to the rules of the orders of architecture.

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