Definition of edifice

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Edifice (n.) A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehouse..

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Complete :: Complete (a.) Finished; ended; concluded; completed; as, the edifice is complete..
Building :: Building (n.) That which is built; a fabric or edifice constructed, as a house, a church, etc..
Dome :: Dome (n.) A building; a house; an edifice; -- used chiefly in poetry.
Gate :: Gate (n.) A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable structure of timber, metal, etc., by which the passage can be closed..
Edificial :: Edificial (a.) Pertaining to an edifice; structural.
Tower :: Tower (n.) A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the edifice; as, a church tower..
Pyramid :: Pyramid (n.) A solid body standing on a triangular, square, or polygonal base, and terminating in a point at the top; especially, a structure or edifice of this shape..
Ruinous :: Ruinous (a.) Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state..
Deface :: Deface (v. t.) To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writing; to deface a note, deed, or bond; to deface a record..
Temple :: Temple (n.) Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of public worship; a church..
Superb :: Superb (a.) Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade..
Syth :: Systyle (n.) A systyle temple or other edifice.
Superstructure :: Superstructure (n.) Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basi.
Decorate :: Decorate (v. t.) To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero with honors..
Edification :: Edification (n.) A building or edifice.
Pavilion :: Pavilion (n.) A single body or mass of building, contained within simple walls and a single roof, whether insulated, as in the park or garden of a larger edifice, or united with other parts, and forming an angle or central feature of a large pile..
Model :: Model (v. t.) To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to form a model or pattern for; to shape; to mold; to fashion; as, to model a house or a government; to model an edifice according to the plan delineated..
Deformity :: Deformity (a.) Anything that destroys beauty, grace, or propriety; irregularity; absurdity; gross deviation from order or the established laws of propriety; as, deformity in an edifice; deformity of character..
Constructure :: Constructure (n.) That which is constructed or formed; an edifice; a fabric.
Loggia :: Loggia (n.) A roofed open gallery. It differs from a veranda in being more architectural, and in forming more decidedly a part of the main edifice to which it is attached; from a porch, in being intended not for entrance but for an out-of-door sitting-room..
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