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edifice

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | 203 words | Copyright

ed·i·fice / ˈedəfis/ • n. formal a building, esp. a large, imposing one. ∎ fig. a complex system of beliefs: the edifice of capitalism.

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