Edifice
noun
A large, complex building or structure.
The museum is a massive edifice with an modern design.
Often appears as...
- massive edifice
- towering edifice
noun
Something that is intricate or complex like a structure.
The legal system is a complex edifice of interwoven statutes and precedents.
Often appears as...
- legal edifice
- moral edifice
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Formal
Academic
noun
A large, complex building or structure.
The museum is a massive edifice with an modern design.
Often appears as...
- massive edifice
- towering edifice
noun
Something that is intricate or complex like a structure.
The legal system is a complex edifice of interwoven statutes and precedents.
Often appears as...
- legal edifice
- moral edifice
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Presence
Edifice often implies a building that's prominent or imposing in size and appearance.
The cathedral, an ancient edifice, dominated the skyline.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Vibrant
Edifices are typically not described as cozy or vibrant due to their size and formality.
The corporate edifice stood cold against the lively street market.
Pro Tip 3/3Expert Language
The word is more common in formal writing or discussions about architecture and building.
The architect's plan includes a grand edifice at the city's center.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Presence
Edifice often implies a building that's prominent or imposing in size and appearance.
The cathedral, an ancient edifice, dominated the skyline.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Vibrant
Edifices are typically not described as cozy or vibrant due to their size and formality.
The corporate edifice stood cold against the lively street market.
Pro Tip 3/3Expert Language
The word is more common in formal writing or discussions about architecture and building.
The architect's plan includes a grand edifice at the city's center.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Presence
Edifice often implies a building that's prominent or imposing in size and appearance.
The cathedral, an ancient edifice, dominated the skyline.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Vibrant
Edifices are typically not described as cozy or vibrant due to their size and formality.
The corporate edifice stood cold against the lively street market.
Pro Tip 3/3Expert Language
The word is more common in formal writing or discussions about architecture and building.
The architect's plan includes a grand edifice at the city's center.
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Thom Mayne: Architecture...
And really what we're talking about is constructing reality. And I'm a character that's extremely interested in understanding the nature of that constructed reality because there's no such thing as nature any more. Nature is gone. Nature in the 19th-century sense, alright? Nature is only a cultural edifice today, right?
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How many universes are...
They make up a single, giant edifice, obeying the same physical laws and all made from the same types of atoms, electrons, protons, quarks, neutrinos that make up you and me. However, recent theories in physics, including one called string theory, are now telling us there could be countless other universes,
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On exploring the oceans...
else moving from one part of the mid-ocean ridge to another we were the scientists were off watch and they came across incredible life-forms they came across new creatures they had not seen before but more importantly they discovered edifices down there that they did not understand that it did not did
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Questions No One Knows...
We can think of them as part of our universe. They make up a single, giant edifice obeying the same physical laws and all made from the same types of atoms, electrons, protons, quarks, neutrinos, that make up you and me. However, recent theories in physics, including one called string theory,
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Eduardo Sáenz de...
because mathematics have a meaning all their own -- a beautiful edifice with its own logic -- and that there's no point in constantly searching for all possible applications. What's the use of poetry? What's the use of love? What's the use of life itself? What kind of question is that?
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Robert Ballard:...
moving from one part of the mid-ocean ridge to another. The scientists were off watch and they came across incredible life forms. They came across new creatures they had not seen before. But more importantly, they discovered edifices down there that they did not understand.
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What is love? - Brad...
to try to live up to for a fake sense of purpose? Maybe it is a construct, but let's be more precise about what a construct is because love is constructed from Our experiences, feelings, brain chemistry, cultural expectations, our lives. And this edifice can be viewed
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Bonus Episode: Bicycles,...
the republic strong as long as they cherished it and protected it the unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you it is justly so for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence the support of your tranquility at home
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How Yale Confronted...
um, helps a wider range of students be able to envision themselves as someone who can make a difference, who will be remembered. KATIE As part of a conscious effort to not sanitize or erase the past, Calhoun's name and image will remain on the edifice.
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Why the buildings of the...
the building ceased to be just an edifice and it became media, because these, these are not just pictures of a building, they're your pictures of a building. And as you use them to tell your story, they become part of your personal narrative,
Video examples
Thom Mayne: Architecture...
And really what we're talking about is constructing reality. And I'm a character that's extremely interested in understanding the nature of that constructed reality because there's no such thing as nature any more. Nature is gone. Nature in the 19th-century sense, alright? Nature is only a cultural edifice today, right?
Video examples
How many universes are...
They make up a single, giant edifice, obeying the same physical laws and all made from the same types of atoms, electrons, protons, quarks, neutrinos that make up you and me. However, recent theories in physics, including one called string theory, are now telling us there could be countless other universes,
Video examples
On exploring the oceans...
else moving from one part of the mid-ocean ridge to another we were the scientists were off watch and they came across incredible life-forms they came across new creatures they had not seen before but more importantly they discovered edifices down there that they did not understand that it did not did
Video examples
Questions No One Knows...
We can think of them as part of our universe. They make up a single, giant edifice obeying the same physical laws and all made from the same types of atoms, electrons, protons, quarks, neutrinos, that make up you and me. However, recent theories in physics, including one called string theory,
Video examples
Eduardo Sáenz de...
because mathematics have a meaning all their own -- a beautiful edifice with its own logic -- and that there's no point in constantly searching for all possible applications. What's the use of poetry? What's the use of love? What's the use of life itself? What kind of question is that?
Video examples
Robert Ballard:...
moving from one part of the mid-ocean ridge to another. The scientists were off watch and they came across incredible life forms. They came across new creatures they had not seen before. But more importantly, they discovered edifices down there that they did not understand.
Video examples
What is love? - Brad...
to try to live up to for a fake sense of purpose? Maybe it is a construct, but let's be more precise about what a construct is because love is constructed from Our experiences, feelings, brain chemistry, cultural expectations, our lives. And this edifice can be viewed
Video examples
Bonus Episode: Bicycles,...
the republic strong as long as they cherished it and protected it the unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you it is justly so for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence the support of your tranquility at home
Video examples
How Yale Confronted...
um, helps a wider range of students be able to envision themselves as someone who can make a difference, who will be remembered. KATIE As part of a conscious effort to not sanitize or erase the past, Calhoun's name and image will remain on the edifice.
Video examples
Why the buildings of the...
the building ceased to be just an edifice and it became media, because these, these are not just pictures of a building, they're your pictures of a building. And as you use them to tell your story, they become part of your personal narrative,
Example 1 of 10
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Greg Graffin
American Musician
My science teachers always encouraged their classes to 'go out and discover something' because all scientific endeavors depend on observation and experimentation. Through such pursuits, anyone can find something new to science, and if it's truly novel, the entire edifice of science might have to be restructured.
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Geraldine Brooks
Australian Journalist
Yes, it seems we've got this mutant gene in our human personality that makes us susceptible to this same kind of mistake over and over again. It's really uncanny how we build these beautiful multicultural edifices and then allow this switch to be flipped and everybody goes, 'Oh, the other, get them out of here.
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Ulysses S. Grant
American President
I would suggest the taxation of all property equally, whether church or corporation, exempting only the last resting place of the dead and possibly, with proper restrictions, church edifices.
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Charles H. Townes
American Physicist
The imposing edifice of science provides a challenging view of what can be achieved by the accumulation of many small efforts in a steady objective and dedicated search for truth.
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Thomas Mann
German Writer
The Freudian theory is one of the most important foundation stones for an edifice to be built by future generations, the dwelling of a freer and wiser humanity.
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John Dos Passos
American Novelist
The creation of a world view is the work of a generation rather than of an individual, but we each of us, for better or for worse, add our brick to the edifice.
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Jose Rizal
Filipino Writer
It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice.
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Ansel Adams
American Photographer
Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
The walls of that grand edifice called a good character have to be worked at during life.
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Tucker Max
American Author
I've never really had a media edifice supporting me.
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Greg Graffin
American Musician
My science teachers always encouraged their classes to 'go out and discover something' because all scientific endeavors depend on observation and experimentation. Through such pursuits, anyone can find something new to science, and if it's truly novel, the entire edifice of science might have to be restructured.
Quote examples
Geraldine Brooks
Australian Journalist
Yes, it seems we've got this mutant gene in our human personality that makes us susceptible to this same kind of mistake over and over again. It's really uncanny how we build these beautiful multicultural edifices and then allow this switch to be flipped and everybody goes, 'Oh, the other, get them out of here.
Quote examples
Ulysses S. Grant
American President
I would suggest the taxation of all property equally, whether church or corporation, exempting only the last resting place of the dead and possibly, with proper restrictions, church edifices.
Quote examples
Charles H. Townes
American Physicist
The imposing edifice of science provides a challenging view of what can be achieved by the accumulation of many small efforts in a steady objective and dedicated search for truth.
Quote examples
Thomas Mann
German Writer
The Freudian theory is one of the most important foundation stones for an edifice to be built by future generations, the dwelling of a freer and wiser humanity.
Quote examples
John Dos Passos
American Novelist
The creation of a world view is the work of a generation rather than of an individual, but we each of us, for better or for worse, add our brick to the edifice.
Quote examples
Jose Rizal
Filipino Writer
It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice.
Quote examples
Ansel Adams
American Photographer
Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.
Quote examples
Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
The walls of that grand edifice called a good character have to be worked at during life.
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Tucker Max
American Author
I've never really had a media edifice supporting me.
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