Hypertext Webster Gateway: "edifice"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Edifice \Ed"i*fice\, n. [L. aedificium, fr. aedificare: cf. F.
['e]difice. See {Edify}.]
A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly
applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a
palace, a church, a statehouse.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
edifice
n : a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or
less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story
building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
[syn: {building}]
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