Associations to the word «Edifice»

Wiktionary

EDIFICE, noun. A building; a structure; an architectural fabric, especially an imposing one; a large or fine building, public or private.
EDIFICE, noun. An abstract structure; a school of thought.

Dictionary definition

EDIFICE, 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats