Edifice means a building, but it doesn't mean just any building. To merit being called an edifice, a building must be important. A mini temple can be an edifice, or a towering sky scraper.
A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings;
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"
n.
A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; --
chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a
palace, a church, a statehouse.
Edifice
A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings;
Usage Examples
What is sacred among one people may be ridiculous in another and what is despised or rejected by one cultural group, may in a different environment become the cornerstone for a great edifice of strange grandeur and beauty.
The Freudian theory is one of the most important foundation stones for an edifice to be built by future generations, the dwelling of a freer and wiser humanity.
It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice.
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Other Usage ExamplesWe need to recognise that the whole edifice of our fifth estate, of our journalism, has been built on a foundation of newspaper journalism and that that foundation is crumbling. The management of the media companies will deny that the end is nigh. I hope they are right.
A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.
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