- pillar - a fundamental principle or practice; "science eroded the pillars of superstition"
--1 is a kind of principle, rule
--1 has particulars: pillar of Islam- column, tower, pillar - 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"
--2 is a kind of shape, form
--2 has particulars: columella; hoodoo- pillar, mainstay - a prominent supporter; "he is a pillar of the community"
--3 is a kind of supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend
- column, pillar - a vertical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (as a monument or a column of air)
--4 is a kind of structure, construction
--4 has particulars: obelisk; totem pole- column, pillar - (architeture) a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used to support a structure
--5 is a kind of upright, vertical
--5 is a part of temple
--5 has parts:
--5 has particulars:capital, chapiter, cap; pedestal, plinth, footstall; shaft, scape; entasis atlas, telamon; caryatid; newel; pilaster; pile, spile, piling, stilt; support column - column, tower, pillar - 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"