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pillared

American  
[pil-erd] / ˈpɪl ərd /

adjective

  1. furnished with pillars serving as an architectural ornament, border, or support.


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“Petra” depicts the elegant, salmon-colored pillared temple dramatically seen, like a sudden revelation, through a crack in a dark stone barrier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Separately, Trump said he was replacing the decades-old sandstone paving stones in the colonnade, the pillared walkway that leads from the main White House mansion to the Oval Office.

From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026

Armed with a cut of the film, pillared by the songs he wrote and arranged, Blumberg crafted a score that subtly teed up song melodies and established a sense of spiritual trance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2025

Wedding planner Natalia wouldn't go into specifics about Yakubets' big day but showed us around some of the key locations, including a pillared building carved out of the hills near a lake.

From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2021

Sierra actually gasped when they walked in through the front gates and stood surrounded by all those pillared temples of knowledge and lush lawns.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

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