The Latin pila was a pile,?such as a pile under a house?a pier, a pillar, or a mole,? the last named a massive stonework enclosing a harbor. In ancient times pillars were used for all manner of religious and symbolical purposes, as when Jacob erected a pillar at a grave, or Solomon set up two great pillars? the prototype of ours?on the Porch before his Temple. (See in connection with this the notes on ?column? given above.) |
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