edifice
UK /ˈɛd.ɪ.fɪs/ US /ˈɛd.ɪ.fɪs/
noun 2
Definitions
noun
1
A building; a structure; an architectural fabric, especially a large and spectacular one.
2
An abstract structure, such as a school of thought, an argument, a theoretical position, etc.
The real difficulty was moral, not intellectual. Was the whole edifice of Ptolemy to be destroyed?
With a great thump on the table, Poirot demolished his carefully built up edifice.
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