What is a portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church. [Obs.] Skelton called?
pillar — (R. C. Ch.) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church. [Obs.] Skelton. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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