ædifice

See also: aedifice

English

Noun

ædifice (plural ædifices)

Obsolete spelling of edifice
- 1651, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan : or, The Matter, Forme & Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiasticall and Civill (1904 reprint edited by Alfred Rayney Waller; link):
  For the understanding whereof, we may consider, that there is in mens aptnesse to Society, a diversity of Nature, rising from their diversity of Affections; not unlike to that we see in stones brought together for building of an Ædifice.

French

Noun

ædifice m (plural ædifices)

Obsolete form of édifice.
- 1628, Sébastien Roulliard, Melun ou l'Histoire de la Ville de Melun, page 625:
  […] par meſme moyen auſſi, ie me mis à iecter les premiers fondements, de l’ædifice de cette nouuelle Hiſtoire.
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