'Edifice' definitions:
Definition of 'edifice'
(from WordNet)
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, edifice]
Definition of 'Edifice'
From: GCIDE
- Edifice \Ed"i*fice\, n. [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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'edifice'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adobe house,
- architecture,
- building,
- casa,
- cliff dwelling,
- construct,
- construction,
- consulate,
- country house,
- country seat,
- dacha,
- deanery,
- dwelling house,
- Dymaxion 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,
- White House