 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
edifice
noun: a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or
less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story
building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
[syn: {building}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Edifice \Ed"i*fice\, noun [L. aedificium, fr. aedificare: cf. F.
['e]difice. 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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "edifice":
Dymaxion house, White House, adobe house, architecture, building,
casa, cliff dwelling, construct, construction, consulate,
country house, country seat, dacha, deanery, dwelling house,
embassy, erection, establishment, fabric, farm, farmhouse, hall,
house, houseboat, hut, lake dwelling, living machine, lodge,
manor house, manse, packaged house, parsonage, penthouse, pile,
prefab, prefabricated house, prefabrication, presidential palace,
pyramid, ranch house, rectory, roof, skyscraper, sod house,
split-level, structure, superstructure, tower, town house,
vicarage
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