Pillar refers to sector Bureaus that provide leadership and innovation in their respective fields The activities funded by pillar bureaus, however, will continue to have as their prime objective the maximizing of program dollars available to field mission programs Pillar bureaus concentrate on program activities that support missions (Chapters 200-203)
approval If you describe someone as a pillar of society or as a pillar of the community, you approve of them because they play an important and active part in society or in the community. My father had been a pillar of the community. Relatively slender isolated vertical structural member such as a pier or (usually squat) column. It may be constructed of a single piece of stone or wood or built up of units, such as bricks. A pillar commonly has a load-bearing or stabilizing function, but it may also stand alone, as do commemorative pillars
A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church
(architeture) a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used to support a structure
Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay; as, the Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state
If something is the pillar of a system or agreement, it is the most important part of it or what makes it strong and successful. The pillar of her economic policy was keeping tight control over money supply