EDIFICE


Meaning of EDIFICE in English

[noun] [C] [formal] - a large building, esp. a splendid one, or (figurative) a system which has been established for a long timeThe town hall is the only edifice surviving from the fifteenth century.(figurative) It looks as if the whole political edifice of the country is about to collapse.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.