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edifice
[ ed-uh-fis ]
noun
- a building, especially one of large size or imposing appearance.
- any large, complex system or organization.
edifice
/ ˌɛdɪˈfɪʃəl; ˈɛdɪfɪs /
noun
- a building, esp a large or imposing one
- a complex or elaborate institution or organization
Derived Forms
- edificial, adjective
Other Words From
- ed·i·fi·cial [ed-, uh, -, fish, -, uh, l], adjective
- uned·i·ficial adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of edifice1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Eventually I get there, and call “Eddie” from outside the vast edifice.
Even at two stories, the brick edifice seems to tower over the rest of the town.
And this is a very unstable edifice on which to build even a limited verbal machine.
DS: I can remember the moment when I was eleven years old where the religious edifice cracked for me.
A stage was erected next to the edifice and hundreds would gather to watch floggings, crying out “Allahu Akbar!”
It was an antique, half-Gothic, half-Saracenic looking edifice, which they now approached.
The building in which meat and vegetables are sold, is a fine handsome edifice resembling a temple.
Enter the sacred edifice slowly, reverentially, and take your seat quietly.
A rich, tender sunshine is streaming in through the windows, and gilding the stately edifice with the purest light.
The cathedral is one of lesserPg 273 importance among the great English churches, though on the whole it is an imposing edifice.
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