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edifice |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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