Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Edifice \Ed"i*fice\, n. [L. aedificium, fr. aedificare: cf. F.
   ['e]difice. See {Edify}.]
   A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly
   applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a
   palace, a church, a statehouse.

Source : WordNet®

edifice
     n : a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or
         less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story
         building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
         [syn: {building}]