Edifice Definition

ĕdə-fĭs
edifices
noun
edifices
A building, esp. a large, imposing one.
Webster's New World
Any elaborately constructed institution, organization, etc.
Webster's New World
An elaborate conceptual structure.
Observations that provided the foundation for the edifice of evolutionary theory.
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Noun

Singular:
edifice
Plural:
edifices

Origin of Edifice

  • Middle English edifice, from Old French edifice, reborrowed from Latin aedificium (“building”), derived from aedificāre (“to build, establish”) (whence also edify).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin aedificium from aedificāre to build aedis a building -ficāre -fy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Edifice Sentence Examples

  • On the one hand there is fear and regret for the loss of the whole edifice constructed through the ages, on the other is the passion for destruction.

  • But this beautiful edifice was not my destination nor were its inhabitants my social equal.

  • The parish church of St Martin's is a handsome edifice rebuilt in 1873.

  • St John's church is a Gothic edifice with a lofty tower; St Salvator's was built about 1720.

  • It is by Wren, but there are traces of the previous Gothic edifice in the tower.

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EEDEDI

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ECEICE

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