edifice
edifice
nounDefinition of EDIFICE
1
a large, magnificent, or massive building <the U.S. Capitol is one of our nation's most impressive edifices>
2
something built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activity <the first edifices built by the colonists were primitive huts with walls of dried mud and roofs covered with thatch>
3
the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form <the edifice of the argument is quite simple, once you get past the fancy language>
Synonyms architecture, armature, cadre, configuration, edifice, fabric, framework, framing, infrastructure, shell, skeleton, structure
