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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
edifice /ˈɛdɪfɪs/

▶noun

1 a building, especially a large, imposing one.

2 a complex system of beliefs.

– origin ME: via OFr. from L. aedificium, from aedis ‘dwelling’ + facere ‘make’.

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