edifice
NounSynonyms:
building
Open English WordNet
Noun (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”Synonyms: buildingType of structure, constructionKinds house, hotel, theater, school, restaurant, center, dormitory, whorehouse, feedlot, apartment building +40 moreExamples Independence Hall, Palace of WestminsterParts room, wall, window, roof, floor, anteroom, corner, stairway +14 more
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ed′i·fice noun
Origin: L. aedificium, fr. aedificare: cf. F. édifice. 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54