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- Dictionarypilaster/pɪˈlastə/
noun
- 1. a rectangular column, especially one projecting from a wall.
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In architecture, a pilaster is both a load-bearing section of thickened wall or column integrated into a wall, and a purely decorative element in classical architecture which gives the appearance of a supporting column and articulates an extent of wall. As an ornament it consists of a flat surface raised from the main wall surface, usually treated as though it were a column, with a capital at the ... Wikipedia