pillared
Held by columns
Having pillars or supported by pillars: a pillared portico, the pillared hall of an ancient temple.
The word describes architecture featuring columns as structural or decorative elements.
Figuratively, it can suggest stately support: pillared institutions of democracy.
Row supporting a roof
- porticoColumned covered entryway
- peristyleColumned enclosure around courtyard
- arcadeArched passageway or gaming hall
- cloisterCovered monastic walkway
loggia · atrium · veranda · facade · rotunda · vestibule · narthex · foyer
Ornate Greek architectural style
- IonicScroll-capitaled column order
- DoricAustere classical column style
- capitalWealth used for investment
- entablatureBeam structure on columns
frieze · pedestal · architrave · fluting · caryatid · volute · plinth · shaft
Impressively dignified and beautiful
- monumentalExceptionally large or significant
- imposingImpressively grand in scale
- palatialLavishly grand and spacious
- statelyGrand and imposing
regal · magnificent · resplendent · opulent · noble · august · dignified · ceremonial
Ancient Greek hilltop temple
- AcropolisFortified hilltop in Athens
- PetraRock-carved Jordanian ruins
- KarnakEgyptian temple complex
- LuxorEgyptian city of ruins
Persepolis · Palmyra · Angkor Wat · temples · ruins · antiquity · forum · agora
Sustaining structural mass
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- buttressArchitectural wall reinforcement
framework · stability · underpinning · weight-bearing · anchorage · brace · substructure · cornerstone
colonnade
Row supporting a roof
- porticoColumned covered entryway
- peristyleColumned enclosure around courtyard
- arcadeArched passageway or gaming hall
cloister · loggia · atrium · veranda · facade · rotunda · vestibule · narthex · foyer · gallery
Corinthian
Ornate Greek architectural style
- IonicScroll-capitaled column order
- DoricAustere classical column style
- capitalWealth used for investment
entablature · frieze · pedestal · architrave · fluting · caryatid · volute · plinth · shaft · base
majestic
Impressively dignified and beautiful
- monumentalExceptionally large or significant
- imposingImpressively grand in scale
- palatialLavishly grand and spacious
stately · regal · magnificent · resplendent · opulent · noble · august · dignified · ceremonial · splendor
Parthenon
Ancient Greek hilltop temple
Luxor · Persepolis · Palmyra · Angkor Wat · temples · ruins · antiquity · forum · agora · pantheon
load-bearing
Sustaining structural mass
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
buttress · framework · stability · underpinning · weight-bearing · anchorage · brace · substructure · cornerstone · bearing
pillaredcantilevered
Projecting from fixed support
unsupported · pillarless · suspended · post-free · hanging
pillaredunadorned
Lacking decoration or ornament
plain · austere · minimalist · bare · featureless
- pillar of the communityRespected local leader
- pillar of strengthDependable source of support
- pillar-box redBright British mailbox crimson
- from pillar to postShunted about aimlessly
- pillar of societyEsteemed, upstanding community member
- pillar of saltBiblical backward glance