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edifice Definition

edi·fice (edi fis)

noun

  1. a building, esp. a large, imposing one
  2. any elaborately constructed institution, organization, etc.

Etymology: ME < OFr < L aedificium, a building < aedificare: see edify

edifice Synonyms

edifice

n.

structure, architectural monument, pile; see building 1. See syn. study at building.

edifice Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • crumble: Unlike Labor, we don't have to shore up a crumbling edifice.
  • erect: In their place is erected an edifice of the wise student, the student who knows.
  • demolish: But there is no need to demolish the standing edifice of the CFP in order to make them.
  • construct: They have to construct an edifice, stone by stone.
  • impose: Our entry was made by the side of the " watergate " , an imposing edifice erected in the reign of Charles II.
  • build: In short, the Good Hospital Guide is a statistical edifice built on sand.

Adjective modifier

  • handsome: The Roman Catholic chapel is a handsome edifice of 1860.
  • neat: The church was a neat edifice with rather a modern look.
  • commodious: The church is a neat and commodious edifice, built in 1813, and contains 800 sittings.
  • Gothic: The Congregational Chapel is a handsome Gothic edifice, in Main Street, erected in 1850, at a cost of £ 2,200.
  • imposing: Without it, the ancient and imposing edifice opposes to the shock of revolution nothing but the dead weight of its loose parts.
  • sacred: Entering the sacred edifice we found signs of improvement.

Modifies a noun

  • complex: Perhaps someone in University house has an edifice complex.
  • standing: The church is a long edifice standing on a slight elevation on the left of the road.

Noun used with modifier

  • brick: The church is a brick edifice in the Doric style.
  • stone: The church of West Leigh is a stone edifice of 1855.
  • glass: For here, looming above a pretty lake, rises the great glass edifice of the European Parliament Building.

Preposition: in

style: The church is a brick edifice in the Doric style.

Preposition: of

  • stone: The church, a neat and substantial edifice of stone, erected in 1811, is nearly in the center of the parish.
  • society: The educational system is thus, in Bourdieu's opinion, the central pillar in the edifice of an unequal society.

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