pillarize
English
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editEtymology
editFrom pillar + -ize, possibly as a calque of Dutch verzuilen.
Verb
editpillarize (third-person singular simple present pillarizes, present participle pillarizing, simple past and past participle pillarized)
- (society, ergative) To divide into social pillars, in which each social group has its own social institutions.