edifice Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
    building.
    • there was a three-story building on the corner
    • it was an imposing edifice

WordNet

Ed"i*fice noun
Etymology
L. aedificium, fr. aedificare: cf. F. édifice. See Edify.
Definitions
  1. A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehouse.

Webster 1913