Definition of edifice in English:

edifice

noun ˈɛdɪfɪsˈɛdəfəs

formal

1A large, imposing building.
Example sentencesExamples
- But Isabella was intuitively convinced of a distinct lack of life within the ancient stone edifice.
- It is an imposing edifice, a mock temple based on the classical Greek model, with a fine pediment and no fewer than six columns.
- It serves as the local church now, and it's a little disconcerting to see the homely parish notices posted up in such an imposing edifice.
- Present-day government buildings are often old brick edifices left over from the Soviet period.
- Forget your monuments, buildings and other such edifices, this city has trees.
- However, Top of the Rock does have a rather good view of a certain imposing art-deco edifice: the Empire State Building.
- Thankfully, she managed to locate the tall brick edifice.
- Golden light peaked out around the edges of the stone edifices, causing the building to appear black in hue.
- Note that restrictions on the building of religious edifices by minorities are common in Eurasia.
- They both paused in front of the magnificent edifice in which they worked before Jack got the door.
- Prominent edifices such as historic structures, public buildings, churches, synagogues, and high rises get special treatment.
- Each tries to outdo the other and some of them are towering edifices.
- We have opted to build strong relationships with players instead of building billion-dollar edifices.
- The white band is the campaign's symbol, worn on the wrist, the arm, the head, or on July 1, international White Band Day, entire buildings and edifices.
- Residential buildings and public edifices were built on a far larger scale than in previous years.
- The imposing Victorian edifice on North Bridge in Edinburgh which once housed the capital's daily newspapers is now making news in its own right.
- On the far side of the crumbling brick edifice a bloated half moon hung low in the sky.
- Magnificent edifices such as the Liver building were erected with the proceeds of the slave and spice trades.
- Building these three, giant, rolling, temple-like edifices new every twelve months is no small task.
- The city was no mongrel conglomeration of edifices built independently of one another, but a single, flowing ocean of architecture that stretched on to the horizon.
Synonyms
building, structure, construction, erection, pile, complex, assembly
property, development, premises, establishment, place
2A complex system of beliefs.
the concepts on which the edifice of capitalism was built
Example sentencesExamples
- We need to recognize the defects of the old system and throw it out, before the entire edifice of any justice in Indian society collapses.
- So the explanation comes and the whole edifice crumbles.
- Only workers are able and willing to challenge the whole edifice of capitalist injustice.
- Indeed, one act of violence is enough to bring down the whole edifice of peace-building.
- All societies have moral rules, but only a few have elaborated them into systems - into what might be called moral edifices.
- The war on terror was founded on an edifice of illusions that virtually no one in the US policy community questioned.
- Among the core fantasies on which the entire edifice rests is the belief that something called True Love exists.
- There has been no acknowledgment of the mistaken assumptions on which the modern edifice rests.
- Poverty and wars are becoming the order of the world threatening to demolish the very edifice patriarchal capitalism strives to protect.
- The collapse of the Bretton Woods system in 1971 brought down with it the fragile European edifice.
- We have built a whole superstructure, a constitutional edifice, on that basis.
- By the end of the 19th century it had become an imposing theoretical edifice.
- How can we raise a secure and objective historiographical edifice on such flimsy foundations?
- From this the reviewer assumed that I was black and on that assumption raised a towering edifice of racial criticism.
- Justice theorists have constructed impressive edifices by refining traditional notions of fairness and responsibility.
- Scalia's entire legal edifice is built not upon words, but upon a single understanding of a word.
- Incorrectly labelling them as' illegal immigrants', they build a vast edifice of repression.
- It seems the whole global capitalist edifice lies rather uncomfortably on the shoulders of the humble shopper.
- The entire edifice of opera subsidy, supposedly designed to make opera accessible, has had to rely instead on a private company.
- For a very brief moment the edifice of post-cold war global capitalism looked as if it was gazing over a very steep precipice.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin aedificium, from aedis 'dwelling' + facere 'make'.

Definition of edifice in US English:

edifice

nounˈedəfəsˈɛdəfəs

formal

1A building, especially a large, imposing one.
Example sentencesExamples
- The white band is the campaign's symbol, worn on the wrist, the arm, the head, or on July 1, international White Band Day, entire buildings and edifices.
- On the far side of the crumbling brick edifice a bloated half moon hung low in the sky.
- Present-day government buildings are often old brick edifices left over from the Soviet period.
- Thankfully, she managed to locate the tall brick edifice.
- However, Top of the Rock does have a rather good view of a certain imposing art-deco edifice: the Empire State Building.
- Golden light peaked out around the edges of the stone edifices, causing the building to appear black in hue.
- Prominent edifices such as historic structures, public buildings, churches, synagogues, and high rises get special treatment.
- Note that restrictions on the building of religious edifices by minorities are common in Eurasia.
- Residential buildings and public edifices were built on a far larger scale than in previous years.
- But Isabella was intuitively convinced of a distinct lack of life within the ancient stone edifice.
- We have opted to build strong relationships with players instead of building billion-dollar edifices.
- Each tries to outdo the other and some of them are towering edifices.
- They both paused in front of the magnificent edifice in which they worked before Jack got the door.
- It serves as the local church now, and it's a little disconcerting to see the homely parish notices posted up in such an imposing edifice.
- It is an imposing edifice, a mock temple based on the classical Greek model, with a fine pediment and no fewer than six columns.
- Building these three, giant, rolling, temple-like edifices new every twelve months is no small task.
- The city was no mongrel conglomeration of edifices built independently of one another, but a single, flowing ocean of architecture that stretched on to the horizon.
- Forget your monuments, buildings and other such edifices, this city has trees.
- The imposing Victorian edifice on North Bridge in Edinburgh which once housed the capital's daily newspapers is now making news in its own right.
- Magnificent edifices such as the Liver building were erected with the proceeds of the slave and spice trades.
Synonyms
building, structure, construction, erection, pile, complex, assembly
2A complex system of beliefs.
the concepts on which the edifice of capitalism was built
Example sentencesExamples
- Incorrectly labelling them as' illegal immigrants', they build a vast edifice of repression.
- For a very brief moment the edifice of post-cold war global capitalism looked as if it was gazing over a very steep precipice.
- Among the core fantasies on which the entire edifice rests is the belief that something called True Love exists.
- The war on terror was founded on an edifice of illusions that virtually no one in the US policy community questioned.
- There has been no acknowledgment of the mistaken assumptions on which the modern edifice rests.
- Only workers are able and willing to challenge the whole edifice of capitalist injustice.
- Scalia's entire legal edifice is built not upon words, but upon a single understanding of a word.
- By the end of the 19th century it had become an imposing theoretical edifice.
- Poverty and wars are becoming the order of the world threatening to demolish the very edifice patriarchal capitalism strives to protect.
- How can we raise a secure and objective historiographical edifice on such flimsy foundations?
- The collapse of the Bretton Woods system in 1971 brought down with it the fragile European edifice.
- The entire edifice of opera subsidy, supposedly designed to make opera accessible, has had to rely instead on a private company.
- We have built a whole superstructure, a constitutional edifice, on that basis.
- We need to recognize the defects of the old system and throw it out, before the entire edifice of any justice in Indian society collapses.
- All societies have moral rules, but only a few have elaborated them into systems - into what might be called moral edifices.
- Indeed, one act of violence is enough to bring down the whole edifice of peace-building.
- Justice theorists have constructed impressive edifices by refining traditional notions of fairness and responsibility.
- So the explanation comes and the whole edifice crumbles.
- From this the reviewer assumed that I was black and on that assumption raised a towering edifice of racial criticism.
- It seems the whole global capitalist edifice lies rather uncomfortably on the shoulders of the humble shopper.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin aedificium, from aedis ‘dwelling’ + facere ‘make’.

单词	edifice
释义	Definition of edifice in English: edifice noun ˈɛdɪfɪsˈɛdəfəs formal 1A large, imposing building. Example sentencesExamples But Isabella was intuitively convinced of a distinct lack of life within the ancient stone edifice. It is an imposing edifice, a mock temple based on the classical Greek model, with a fine pediment and no fewer than six columns. It serves as the local church now, and it's a little disconcerting to see the homely parish notices posted up in such an imposing edifice. Present-day government buildings are often old brick edifices left over from the Soviet period. Forget your monuments, buildings and other such edifices, this city has trees. However, Top of the Rock does have a rather good view of a certain imposing art-deco edifice: the Empire State Building. Thankfully, she managed to locate the tall brick edifice. Golden light peaked out around the edges of the stone edifices, causing the building to appear black in hue. Note that restrictions on the building of religious edifices by minorities are common in Eurasia. They both paused in front of the magnificent edifice in which they worked before Jack got the door. Prominent edifices such as historic structures, public buildings, churches, synagogues, and high rises get special treatment. Each tries to outdo the other and some of them are towering edifices. We have opted to build strong relationships with players instead of building billion-dollar edifices. The white band is the campaign's symbol, worn on the wrist, the arm, the head, or on July 1, international White Band Day, entire buildings and edifices. Residential buildings and public edifices were built on a far larger scale than in previous years. The imposing Victorian edifice on North Bridge in Edinburgh which once housed the capital's daily newspapers is now making news in its own right. On the far side of the crumbling brick edifice a bloated half moon hung low in the sky. Magnificent edifices such as the Liver building were erected with the proceeds of the slave and spice trades. Building these three, giant, rolling, temple-like edifices new every twelve months is no small task. The city was no mongrel conglomeration of edifices built independently of one another, but a single, flowing ocean of architecture that stretched on to the horizon. Synonyms building, structure, construction, erection, pile, complex, assembly property, development, premises, establishment, place 2A complex system of beliefs. the concepts on which the edifice of capitalism was built Example sentencesExamples We need to recognize the defects of the old system and throw it out, before the entire edifice of any justice in Indian society collapses. So the explanation comes and the whole edifice crumbles. Only workers are able and willing to challenge the whole edifice of capitalist injustice. Indeed, one act of violence is enough to bring down the whole edifice of peace-building. All societies have moral rules, but only a few have elaborated them into systems - into what might be called moral edifices. The war on terror was founded on an edifice of illusions that virtually no one in the US policy community questioned. Among the core fantasies on which the entire edifice rests is the belief that something called True Love exists. There has been no acknowledgment of the mistaken assumptions on which the modern edifice rests. Poverty and wars are becoming the order of the world threatening to demolish the very edifice patriarchal capitalism strives to protect. The collapse of the Bretton Woods system in 1971 brought down with it the fragile European edifice. We have built a whole superstructure, a constitutional edifice, on that basis. By the end of the 19th century it had become an imposing theoretical edifice. How can we raise a secure and objective historiographical edifice on such flimsy foundations? From this the reviewer assumed that I was black and on that assumption raised a towering edifice of racial criticism. Justice theorists have constructed impressive edifices by refining traditional notions of fairness and responsibility. Scalia's entire legal edifice is built not upon words, but upon a single understanding of a word. Incorrectly labelling them as' illegal immigrants', they build a vast edifice of repression. It seems the whole global capitalist edifice lies rather uncomfortably on the shoulders of the humble shopper. The entire edifice of opera subsidy, supposedly designed to make opera accessible, has had to rely instead on a private company. For a very brief moment the edifice of post-cold war global capitalism looked as if it was gazing over a very steep precipice. Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin aedificium, from aedis 'dwelling' + facere 'make'. Definition of edifice in US English: edifice nounˈedəfəsˈɛdəfəs formal 1A building, especially a large, imposing one. Example sentencesExamples The white band is the campaign's symbol, worn on the wrist, the arm, the head, or on July 1, international White Band Day, entire buildings and edifices. On the far side of the crumbling brick edifice a bloated half moon hung low in the sky. Present-day government buildings are often old brick edifices left over from the Soviet period. Thankfully, she managed to locate the tall brick edifice. However, Top of the Rock does have a rather good view of a certain imposing art-deco edifice: the Empire State Building. Golden light peaked out around the edges of the stone edifices, causing the building to appear black in hue. Prominent edifices such as historic structures, public buildings, churches, synagogues, and high rises get special treatment. Note that restrictions on the building of religious edifices by minorities are common in Eurasia. Residential buildings and public edifices were built on a far larger scale than in previous years. But Isabella was intuitively convinced of a distinct lack of life within the ancient stone edifice. We have opted to build strong relationships with players instead of building billion-dollar edifices. Each tries to outdo the other and some of them are towering edifices. They both paused in front of the magnificent edifice in which they worked before Jack got the door. It serves as the local church now, and it's a little disconcerting to see the homely parish notices posted up in such an imposing edifice. It is an imposing edifice, a mock temple based on the classical Greek model, with a fine pediment and no fewer than six columns. Building these three, giant, rolling, temple-like edifices new every twelve months is no small task. The city was no mongrel conglomeration of edifices built independently of one another, but a single, flowing ocean of architecture that stretched on to the horizon. Forget your monuments, buildings and other such edifices, this city has trees. The imposing Victorian edifice on North Bridge in Edinburgh which once housed the capital's daily newspapers is now making news in its own right. Magnificent edifices such as the Liver building were erected with the proceeds of the slave and spice trades. Synonyms building, structure, construction, erection, pile, complex, assembly 2A complex system of beliefs. the concepts on which the edifice of capitalism was built Example sentencesExamples Incorrectly labelling them as' illegal immigrants', they build a vast edifice of repression. For a very brief moment the edifice of post-cold war global capitalism looked as if it was gazing over a very steep precipice. Among the core fantasies on which the entire edifice rests is the belief that something called True Love exists. The war on terror was founded on an edifice of illusions that virtually no one in the US policy community questioned. There has been no acknowledgment of the mistaken assumptions on which the modern edifice rests. Only workers are able and willing to challenge the whole edifice of capitalist injustice. Scalia's entire legal edifice is built not upon words, but upon a single understanding of a word. By the end of the 19th century it had become an imposing theoretical edifice. Poverty and wars are becoming the order of the world threatening to demolish the very edifice patriarchal capitalism strives to protect. How can we raise a secure and objective historiographical edifice on such flimsy foundations? The collapse of the Bretton Woods system in 1971 brought down with it the fragile European edifice. The entire edifice of opera subsidy, supposedly designed to make opera accessible, has had to rely instead on a private company. We have built a whole superstructure, a constitutional edifice, on that basis. We need to recognize the defects of the old system and throw it out, before the entire edifice of any justice in Indian society collapses. All societies have moral rules, but only a few have elaborated them into systems - into what might be called moral edifices. Indeed, one act of violence is enough to bring down the whole edifice of peace-building. Justice theorists have constructed impressive edifices by refining traditional notions of fairness and responsibility. So the explanation comes and the whole edifice crumbles. From this the reviewer assumed that I was black and on that assumption raised a towering edifice of racial criticism. It seems the whole global capitalist edifice lies rather uncomfortably on the shoulders of the humble shopper. Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin aedificium, from aedis ‘dwelling’ + facere ‘make’.
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