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Synonyms
ed·i·fice (ĕd́ə-fĭs)

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin aedificium, from aedificāre, to build, aedis, a building, + -ficāre, -fy.]

noun 

  1. A building, especially one of imposing appearance or size.
  2. An elaborate conceptual structure: observations that provided the foundation for the edifice of evolutionary theory.