1) Architectural element 2) Column 3) French word used in English 4) Pillar 
A caryatid (d; Καρυάτις, `plural:` Καρυάτιδες) is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head. The Greek term karyatides literally means `maidens of Karyai`, an ancient town of Peloponnese. Karyai had a famous temple dedicated to t...
column shaped like female figure
• (a.) Of or pertaining to a caryatid. • (n.) A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster.
in classical architecture, draped female figure used instead of a column as a support. In marble architecture they first appeared in pairs in three ... [3 related articles]
Building support or pillar in the shape of a female figure, the name deriving from the Karyatides, who were priestesses at the temple of Artemis at K ...
A sculptured female figure used in place of a column or pillar.
A column in the form of a female figure. The best known ones are those in the Erechtheum on the Acropolis. 
Car`y·at'id noun ; plural Caryatids . [ See Caryatides .] (Architecture) A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster. 
[n] - a supporting column carved in the shape of a person
noun a supporting column carved in the shape of a person
Building support or pillar in the shape of a female figure, the name deriving from the Karyatides, who were priestesses at the temple of Artemis at Karyai; the male equivalent is a telamon or atlas