ED'IFICE, noun [Latin oedificium. See Edify.] A building; a structure; a fabric; but appropriately, a large or splendid building. The word is not applied to a mean building, but to temples, churches or elegant mansion-houses, and to other great structures.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.