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edifice

noun
/ˈɛd.ɪ.fɪs/UK

Etymology

From Middle English edifice, from Old French edifice, a classical borrowing of Latin aedificium (“building”), derived from aedificāre (“to build, establish”) (whence also English edify).

  1. derived from aedificium — “building”
  2. derived from edifice
  3. inherited from edifice

Definitions

  1. A building

    A building; a structure; an architectural fabric, especially a large and spectacular one.

  2. An abstract structure, such as a school of thought, an argument, a theoretical position,…

    An abstract structure, such as a school of thought, an argument, a theoretical position, etc.

    • The real difficulty was moral, not intellectual. Was the whole edifice of Ptolemy to be destroyed?
    • With a great thump on the table, Poirot demolished his carefully built up edifice.

The neighborhood

  • neighboredificantterms related to edifice (noun)
  • neighboredificationterms related to edifice (noun)
  • neighboredificatorterms related to edifice (noun)
  • neighboredificatoryterms related to edifice (noun)
  • neighboredificialterms related to edifice (noun)
  • neighboredifierterms related to edifice (noun)
  • neighboredifyterms related to edifice (noun)
  • neighboredifyinglyterms related to edifice (noun)
  • neighboredifyingnessterms related to edifice (noun)

Derived

edifice complex

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA