Column
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) A small army.
(2): (n.) A perpendicular line of figures.
(3): (n.) A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. See Order.
(4): (n.) Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the Column Vendome; the spinal column.
(5): (n.) A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; - contradistinguished from line. Compare Ploy, and Deploy.
(6): (n.) A number of ships so arranged as to follow one another in single or double file or in squadrons; - in distinction from "line", where they are side by side.
(7): (n.) A perpendicular set of lines, not extending across the page, and separated from other matter by a rule or blank space; as, a column in a newspaper.
(8): (n.) The body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
Copyright StatementThese files are public domain. Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Column'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/column.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
