(formal) a large impressive building:
an imposing edifice from the 19th century * (figurative) Their new manifesto hardly threatens to bring the whole edifice of capitalism crashing down. * (figurative) an edifice of lies
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for edifice is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is edifice a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, edifice is tagged as noun.
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