Pedestals

noun

1. The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp.
2. A place of reverence or honor.

   "He has put his mother on a pedestal. You can't say a word against her."

3. A casting secured to the frame of a truck of a railcar and forming a jaw for holding a journal box.
4. A pillow block; a low housing.
5. (bridge building) An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.