/ee"di kyoohl', ed"i-/ , n.
1. a small building.
2. a small construction, as a shrine, designed in the form of a building.
Also, aedicula, edicule .
[ 1825-35; aedicula, equiv. to aedi- (s. of aedes ) temple, shrine (akin to Gk aíthein to blaze, aithér bright upper sky, ETHER) + -cula -CULE 1 ]