edifice
noun
[ ˈɛdɪfɪs ]
• a large, imposing building.
Similar:
building,
structure,
construction,
erection,
pile,
complex,
assembly,
property,
development,
premises,
establishment,
place,
• a complex system of beliefs.
• "the concepts on which the edifice of capitalism was built"
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin aedificium, from aedis ‘dwelling’ + facere ‘make’.
