Pillars (7)
I believe the answer is:
columns
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">pillars</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('column' can be a synonym of 'pillar')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for columns that I've seen before include "Posts" , "editorials" , "Cavalcades" , "for such as the Standard?" , "Newspaper articles" .)