1. An architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)
   "The marble statue stood atop a granite pedestal";
   - plinth, footstall
    
2. A support or foundation
   "the pedestal of the lamp";
   - base, stand
    
3. A position of great esteem (and supposed superiority)
   "they put him on a pedestal"

Derived forms: pedestals

Type of: position, status, support

Part of: column, pillar

Encyclopedia: Pedestal