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upholder

noun as in pillar

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The current Democratic Party has been the party of civil rights for the past 60 years; it was then the upholder of slavery and white supremacy.

From Salon

Raisi was a protege of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and a devoted upholder of religious rule in the country.

Raisi, 63, was a conservative Shiite Muslim cleric who violently crushed dissent and was a devoted upholder of religious rule in the country.

Twenty-three years later, with the release of “Masters of the Air,” they’ve become their own greatest generation: upholders of an old-fashioned style of television making, fighting their chosen war over and over again.

In each example, the Constitution and its upholders affirmed that former presidents can be prosecuted for actions they take in office, prosecutors said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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