LekhoriLekhoriUpright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia, Philadelphia is still erect—a column in a scene of ruins.
From Middle English erect, a borrowing from Latin ērectus (“upright”), past participle of ērigō (“raise, set up”), from ē- (“out”) + regō (“to direct, keep straight, guide”).
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To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.