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Pillar of strength   /pˈɪlər əv strɛŋkθ/   Listen
Pillar of strength

noun
1.
A person who can be relied on to give a great deal of support and comfort.  Synonym: tower of strength.






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"Pillar of strength" Quotes from Famous Books



... lifted his hat, the frank, handsome face of Louis Castrani. All her troubles were over—this man was a pillar of strength to her weakness. She caught his arm eagerly, and Leo barked with joy, ...
— The Fatal Glove • Clara Augusta Jones Trask

... ago retired from public life, and in his Tuscan villa, where he now lived quite alone, seldom seeing his friends, he never regretted the strenuous days of his activity. He had done his work well; he had been more than a competent public servant; as Pro-Consul he proved a pillar of strength to the State, a man whose name at one time was on men's lips as having left plenty where he had found dearth, and order and justice where corruption, oppression, and anarchy, had once run riot. ...
— Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches • Maurice Baring



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