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noun (n)

• a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place(noun.artifact)

  Example:
  It was an imposing edifice.
  

  Synonym:
  building
  

  source: wordnet30
• A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehouse.(noun)

  source: webster1913