English Dictionary
Definition of “edifice”
edifice (ˈɛdɪfɪs
)
Definitions
noun
- a building, esp a large or imposing one
- a complex or elaborate institution or organization
Alternative Forms
edificial (ˌɛdɪˈfɪʃəl) adjective Word Origin
C14: from Old French, from Latin aedificium, from aedificāre to build; see edify
Usage examples
By this time, two contractors ' notice boards had been attached to the edifice.
Butterworth, Michael, The Five Million Dollar Prince (1986)Russia under Yeltsin then began building a new edifice for its foreign policy.
India Today (2000)The arts community suddenly found itself all at sea when the apartheid edifice crumbled.
SA Star (2004)To a large extent, the literary edifice of the symbolic poetics of medieval Persian Sufism was established on this foundation.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)Never again has it been displayed in the great edifice of Bayeux Cathedral.
Andrew Bridgeford, 1066: and the Hidden History of the Bayeux Tapestry (2004)
