Definition of Edifices

1. Noun. (plural of edifice) ¹

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Definition of Edifices

1. edifice [n] - See also: edifice

Lexicographical Neighbors of Edifices

edible snail
edibleness
ediblenesses
edibles
edict
edictal
edictally
edicts
edificant
edification
edifications
edificator
edificators
edificatory
edifice
edifices (current term)
edificial
edified
edifier
edifiers
edifies
edifiest
edifieth
edify
edifying
edifyingly
edile
ediles
edileship
edileships

Literary usage of Edifices

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1835)
"1 ..xjc-ii-.Iila S;:yl Л'-'Ъ^Нэ HT. XI.—A History and Description of the late Houses of Parliament^ «aid Ancient Palatial edifices of Westminster. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"According to this new law, the clergy have only the actual use of the edifices, the maintenance of which is an obligation incumbent upon the proprietor—the ..."

3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1827)
"His edifices V. The edifices of Justinian were cemented with the te"ts"C ' blood and treasure of his people ; but those stately b The chronology of ..."

4. An Historical and Descriptive Account of British America: Comprehending by Hugh Murray (1839)
"Boundaries—Surface—Divisions—District of Quebec—City of tha Name—Situation; edifices; Upper and Lower Town; Vicinity—Fall of Montmorenci—Isle of ..."

5. Lombard Architecture by Arthur Kingsley Porter (1917)
"CIRCULAR edifices OF THE XI AND XII CENTURIES The preceding study of vaulting has made it evident that the chief interest of Lombard architecture of the XI ..."

6. A Narrative of the Visit to the American Churches by the Deputation from the by Andrew Reed (1835)
"So far as it is needful to notice it, the subject may, perhaps, be comprised under the heads of edifices—tenure of churches—means of general support. ..."

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