US /ˌɛdəˈfɪʃəl/ UK /ˌɛdɪˈfɪʃəl/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    of or relating to a building or edifice (rare)

    The architect admired the cathedral's edificial grandeur.

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Synonyms
1 adj · of or relating to a... architecturalstructural
Word family
Related forms edificeedifyedification

Etymology

From Latin aedificium ('building, edifice') + -al; ultimately from aedis ('building') + facere ('to make').

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