edifice : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: edifice	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for edifice
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
edifice n 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" Synonym(s): building, edifice
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Edifice \Ed"i*fice\, n. [L. aedificium, fr. aedificare: cf. F. [82]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.