pillar of society

collocation in English

meaningsofpillarandsociety

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pillar
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɪl.ər/us
/ˈpɪl.ɚ/
a strong column made of stone, metal, or wood that supports part of ...
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society
noun
uk
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/us
/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as ...
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(Definition ofpillarandsocietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Would not such a system reflect a concern for the family as a moralpillarofsociety?
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That day, when he returned from his well-paid, responsible position—apillarofsociety, if one likes—his wife had packed her suitcase ready to go.
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He had been chairman of the federation of his branch of industry in his city, apillarofsociety.
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I have a constituent who can only be described as a respectablepillarofsociety.
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There must be some principle that underlies the criminal law; otherwise an essentialpillarofsocietyloses credibility in the eyes of those for whose protection it is erected.
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Women are the pillars of society, particularly of the societies with which we are concerned here.
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I merely say it to illustrate the point that these people are not, in fact, patriotic pillars of society.
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Another delegate to the conference said that many respected pillars of society were nothing more than tax criminals.
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Small shopkeepers are one of the pillars of society which should be kept serviced.
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We not only do not frown on them, we extol them and regard them as pillars of society.
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The mill owners gradually regained their financial standing and their place as pillars of society.
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Of course health and education are the two great pillars of society, and we don't think that investments in education is a drain on society.
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The membership has been described as the pillars of society and includes the very flower and pick of the vigor, manhood and rising youth of the vicinity.
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The new conditions were criticised as harmful to children and to what these parties regarded as the mainpillarofsociety, the family.
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