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Webster 1913 Edition

Edifice

Ed′i-fice

,
Noun.
[L.
aedificium
, fr.
aedificare
: cf. F.
édifice
. See
Edify
.]
A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; – chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings;
as, a palace, a church, a statehouse
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Edifice

ED'IFICE

,
Noun.
[L. oedificium. See Edify.] A building; a structure; a fabric; but appropriately, a large or splendid building. The word is not applied to a mean building, but to temples,churches or elegant mansion-houses, and to other great structures.

Definition 2024

édifice

édifice

See also: edifice

French

Alternative forms

Noun

édifice m ‎(plural édifices)

  1. building, structure

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