pedestal (pedestals plural )
1 n-count A pedestal is the base on which something such as a statue stands.
...a larger than life sized bronze statue on a granite pedestal.
2 n-count If you put someone on a pedestal, you admire them very much and think that they cannot be criticized. If someone is knocked off a pedestal they are no longer admired.
Since childhood, I put my own parents on a pedestal. I felt they could do no wrong...