Topic: SCULPTURE
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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | piédestal, from Old Italian piedestallo, from pie di stallo 'foot of the stall' |
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ped‧es‧tal
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[countable]1AAAVS the base on which a pillar or statue stands : 
a Grecian bust on a pedestal
a Grecian bust on a pedestal2DHF a solid vertical post that supports something such as a table : the pedestal of the dentist's chair
the pedestal of the dentist's chair3 to admire someone so much that you treat them or talk about them as though they are perfect : Women are both put on a pedestal and treated like second-class citizens.
put/place somebody on a pedestal
Women are both put on a pedestal and treated like second-class citizens.