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One of the places at which ecclesiastical processions pause for the performance of an act of devotion; formerly, the tomb of a martyr, or some similarly consecrated spot; now, especially, one of those representations of the successive stages of our Lord's passion which are often placed round the naves of large churches and by the side of the way leading to sacred edifices or shrines, and which are visited in rotation, stated services being performed at each; -- called also Station of the cross.
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A solid body standing on a triangular, square, or polygonal base, and terminating in a point at the top; especially, a structure or edifice of this shape.
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That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some size or magnificence; an edifice.
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Any material structure or edifice built on something else; that which is raised on a foundation or basis
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The science, or the art, by which implements, vessels, dwellings, or other edifices, are constructed, both agreeably to the end for which they are designed, and in conformity with artistic sentiments and ideas.
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The edifice erected at Jerusalem for the worship of Jehovah.
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A roofed open gallery. It differs from a veranda in being more architectural, and in forming more decidedly a part of the main edifice to which it is attached; from a porch, in being intended not for entrance but for an out-of-door sitting-room.
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Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid; as, a noble edifice.
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Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
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The porch, vestibule, or entrance of an edifice.
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A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a dwelling place, a mansion.
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Hence, among Christians, an edifice erected as a place of public worship; a church.
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A systyle temple or other edifice.
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A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the edifice; as, a church tower.
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Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade.
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A place or edifice dedicated to the worship of some deity; as, the temple of Jupiter at Athens, or of Juggernaut in India.
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Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional.
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A side building, less than the main edifice; as, one of the wings of a palace.
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An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times roofed.
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That which id superstructed, or built upon some foundation; an edifice; a superstructure.
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