Definition:Meaning of,edificein English to English dictionary. Pronunciation:/ ˈɛdɪfɪs / noun synonym antonym Word Forms: SingularPlural edificeedifices [countable] formala building, especially a large one SYNONYM ANTONYM word of the day ...
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latinaedificium, fromaedificare First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined atsense 1 Time Traveler The first known use ofedificewas in the 14th century See more words from the same century ...
Definition of edifice noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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By combining strong horizontal and vertical lines, 6 On the meaning of architecture, and particularly verandas, in colonial and postcolonial African cities, see Garth Andrew Myers, Verandahs of Power: Colonialism and Space in Urban Africa, New York 2003. 7 Osayimwese, Colonialism and Modern ...
" from past participle stem ofaedificare"to build" (seeedifice). Religious use is as translation of Greekoikodomein I Corinthians xiv. Meaning "mental improvement" is 1650s. Literal sense of "building" is rare in English, but Middle Englishbildingsometimes was used in religious writing to ...
"building" (12c.), from Latin aedificium "building," from aedificare "to erect a… See origin and meaning of edifice.