edifice
/ˈɛdɪfɪs/
noun
- A large, impressive building or structure.
- The new library is a modern edifice with glass walls and a green roof.
- The ancient edifice stood tall in the center of the city.
- They toured the marble edifice that once served as a royal palace.
- A complex system of beliefs, ideas, or institutions, especially one that is large and established.
- The legal edifice of the country was built over centuries.
- They worked to dismantle the edifice of racial discrimination.
- The entire edifice of his argument collapsed under scrutiny.