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edifice
 
SYLLABICATION:ed·i·fice
PRONUNCIATION:  d-fs
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.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, from Old French, from Latin aedificium, from aedificre, to build : aedis, a building + -ficre, -fy.
 
 
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