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Meaning of "pillories" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PILLORIES

ˈpɪlərɪz


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PILLORIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pillories is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb pillories in English.

WHAT DOES PILLORIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pillory

The pillory was a device made of a wooden or metal framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used for punishment by public humiliation and often further physical abuse, sometimes lethal. The pillory is related to the stocks. The word is documented in English since 1274, and stems from Old French pellori, itself from medieval Latin pilloria, of uncertain origin, perhaps a diminutive of Latin pila "pillar, stone barrier."...

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PILLORIES

PRESENT

Present
I pillory
you pillory
he/she/it pillories
we pillory
you pillory
they pillory
Present continuous
I am pillorying
you are pillorying
he/she/it is pillorying
we are pillorying
you are pillorying
they are pillorying
Present perfect
I have pilloried
you have pilloried
he/she/it has pilloried
we have pilloried
you have pilloried
they have pilloried
Present perfect continuous
I have been pillorying
you have been pillorying
he/she/it has been pillorying
we have been pillorying
you have been pillorying
they have been pillorying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I pilloried
you pilloried
he/she/it pilloried
we pilloried
you pilloried
they pilloried
Past continuous
I was pillorying
you were pillorying
he/she/it was pillorying
we were pillorying
you were pillorying
they were pillorying
Past perfect
I had pilloried
you had pilloried
he/she/it had pilloried
we had pilloried
you had pilloried
they had pilloried
Past perfect continuous
I had been pillorying
you had been pillorying
he/she/it had been pillorying
we had been pillorying
you had been pillorying
they had been pillorying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will pillory
you will pillory
he/she/it will pillory
we will pillory
you will pillory
they will pillory
Future continuous
I will be pillorying
you will be pillorying
he/she/it will be pillorying
we will be pillorying
you will be pillorying
they will be pillorying
Future perfect
I will have pilloried
you will have pilloried
he/she/it will have pilloried
we will have pilloried
you will have pilloried
they will have pilloried
Future perfect continuous
I will have been pillorying
you will have been pillorying
he/she/it will have been pillorying
we will have been pillorying
you will have been pillorying
they will have been pillorying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would pillories
you would pillories
he/she/it would pillories
we would pillories
you would pillories
they would pillories
Conditional continuous
I would be pillorying
you would be pillorying
he/she/it would be pillorying
we would be pillorying
you would be pillorying
they would be pillorying
Conditional perfect
I would have pillories
you would have pillories
he/she/it would have pillories
we would have pillories
you would have pillories
they would have pillories
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been pillorying
you would have been pillorying
he/she/it would have been pillorying
we would have been pillorying
you would have been pillorying
they would have been pillorying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you pillory
we let´s pillory
you pillory
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to pillory
Past participle
pilloried
Present Participle
pillorying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PILLORIES

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PILLORIES

pillicock · pillie · pillion · pillion passenger · pillionist · pilliwinks · pillock · pilloried · pillorize · pillory · pillow · pillow block · pillow fight · pillow lace · pillow lava · pillow sham · pillow talk · pillowcase · pillowslip · pillowy

WORDS THAT END LIKE PILLORIES

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Synonyms and antonyms of pillories in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PILLORIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pillories» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «pillories» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PILLORIES

Find out the translation of pillories to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of pillories from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pillories» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

pillories
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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picotas
570 millions of speakers
en

English

pillories
510 millions of speakers
hi

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pillories
380 millions of speakers
ar

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pillories
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

позорные столбы
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

pelourinhos
270 millions of speakers
bn

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pillories
260 millions of speakers
fr

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piloris
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Pil
190 millions of speakers
de

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Pranger
180 millions of speakers
ja

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pillories
130 millions of speakers
ko

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pillories
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Pilar
85 millions of speakers
vi

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pillories
80 millions of speakers
ta

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pillories
75 millions of speakers
mr

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पिल्ले
75 millions of speakers
tr

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pillories
70 millions of speakers
it

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gogne
65 millions of speakers
pl

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pillories
50 millions of speakers
uk

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ганебні стовпи
40 millions of speakers
ro

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pillories
30 millions of speakers
el

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Διαπομπεύει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

schandpalen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pillories
10 millions of speakers
no

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Pillories
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pillories

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PILLORIES»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of pillories
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pillories

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PILLORIES»

Discover the use of pillories in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pillories and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The American Spirit: United States History as Seen by ...
Pillories. Slavery. (1839). Theodore Dwight Weld assumed leadership of the New York abolitionist group, which objected to the anticonstitutional tactics of Garrison's New England following. He was one of the most influential of the abolitionists ...
David Kennedy, Thomas Bailey, 2009
2
Cadogan Guides Portugal
Pillories It's not a fountain or an ornamental garden that stands at the centre of most towns and some villages in Portugal. Right next to the town hall, time after time, there you have it, the pillory: an elegant stone column to which criminals were ...
David J. J. Evans, 2004
3
Aparition D'une Identité Urbaine Dans L'Europe Du Bas Moyen Âge
The first urban pillories in Flanders appeared in the 12th century. The pillories were not only functional instruments of punishment, they had also a clear symbolic meaning. Therefore they often carried the symbols and insignia of the authority ...
Marc Boone, Peter Stabel, 2000
4
Theatre/Ecology/Cognition: Theorizing Performer-Object ...
Chapter. 5. Pillories. to. Barricade: Kantor's. Infernal. Ecologies. Tadeusz. Kantor's theatre is probably best remembered for his insistent personal presence, on stage, and for the insistent coupling of his actors with an imposing multitude of  ...
Teemu Paavolainen, 2012
5
Medieval Law and Punishment
Pillories were wooden or metal frames that restrained the head, hands, and sometimes the feet of criminals as they stood The pillory was a more painful punishment than the stocks because criminals were bound in a hunched-over position for ...
Donna Trembinski, 2006
6
Municipal Officials, Their Public, and the Negotiation of ...
Criminals condemned to the pillories were held in wooden boards, similar to stocks. After the municipal trumpeter announced the prisoner's crime to the public , the executioner could whip, brand or amputate the hand, ear, or eyes of the ...
Patricia Turning, 2012
7
Structures and Transformations in Modern British History
There was consequently a variety of different structures – pillories, whipping posts and stocks – maintained at public ... of the century, many towns had abandoned its use altogether and had set about dismantling and removing their pillories.
David Feldman, Jon Lawrence, 2011
8
The Looney's Grotto
The animals were confined to their pillories nearly all day as a result, but it couldn 't be helped. It didn't take him long using the electric welder to weld the two parts together. After the security fence was in place he released the animals from ...
James Gordon, 2002
9
Corrections: A Critical Approach
The stocks and pillories The stocks and pillories were wooden frames in which lawbreakers were forced into compromising postures, either sitting (stocks) or standing (pillories) for public display. Because the structures were commonly placed ...
Michael Welch, 2013
10
In the Middle of the Middle Ages: Integrating Content ...
More serious violations received even stiffer sentences, such as dunking the of- fenders in lakes or rivers, locking them in stocks or pillories, and imprisoning them in dungeons. Pillories were placed in public areas like marketplaces, ...
Mary Wheeler, Jill Terlep, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PILLORIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pillories is used in the context of the following news items.
1
How Composer Ethel Smyth Made Opera History
She pillories the conceits of Christianity and of religion. What a better topic for an opera? No sentimental claptrap here.” The Wreckers is ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
2
Sickle-cell disease is no joke
The movie mocks people with vision loss, "homos," and "nerds," but it reaches a nadir of nasty when it pillories people with sickle-cell disease. «Philly.com, Jul 15»
3
Happy Hour Roundup
Jennifer Rubin pillories Scott Walker for his latest pander to the far right: His declaration that he opposes the Boy Scouts lifting the ban on gay ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
4
Letters: Support the Pan Am Games
... article, in which she not only pillories a future Olympic bid but fosters an exceedingly negative view of the PanAm and Parapan Am Games. «National Post, Jul 15»
5
Punishment, secrecy and lethal injection: a few thoughts on Glossip …
Pillories were used as a means of public shaming. JamesDeMers/pixabay. Click to enlarge. The public no longer sees criminal offenders suffer, ... «The Conversation US, Jul 15»
6
#GOTscience: Why the Walk of Shame Won't Work on 'Game of …
But the history books are also replete with accounts of criminals being locked in stocks or pillories for public humiliation, and of kids being ... «NBCNews.com, Jun 15»
7
Rachel Maddow Pillories Fox News For GOP Debate Criteria
Should a cable network -- rather than voters -- decide which candidates have a shot for president and which ones don't? Rachel Maddow ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
8
RAMPELL: Bush's recipe for a better society: shame
Bush also pines for the days of “pillories and public dunkings,” and regrets that “much of today's criminal justice system seems to be lacking in ... «Asbury Park Press, Jun 15»
9
As Insults Fly in the Greek and German Media, Some Wish for Less …
Now he just pillories them — with gloves off — on weekday mornings from the studios of Real FM in Athens. “Our creditors, the Germans — our ... «New York Times, May 15»
10
Criminal punishments in 17th century Nottingham: Stocks, pillories
Pillories were set up to hold petty criminals in marketplaces, crossroads, and other public places where they could be viewed by the majority; ... «Nottingham Post, May 15»
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