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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place;
- Example: "there was a three-story building on the corner"
- Example: "it was an imposing edifice"
[syn: building, edifice]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

edifice
    n 1: 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, edifice]