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PILLAR (0. Fr. piler, Mod. pilier, Late Lat. pilare, from pila, column) , an isolated upright structure, of narrow width in relation to its height, which is either employed as a support for a superincumbent load of some sort or is set up for commemorative or ornamental purposes. In the first sense the word has many common applications, as to columns supporting the girders of awarehouse floor or the deckbeams of a ship, to the single central support or pedestal of a table, machine -tool
Alexandria
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iron pillar at Delhi, which is an extraordinary specimen of the iron -worker's art considering the remote date at which it was made. Up to the middle of the 19th century the term
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