Both Uses of
edifice
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- In the roaring and raging of the conflagration, a red-hot wind, driving straight from the infernal regions, seemed to be blowing the edifice away.†
Chpt 2.23 *
- The chateau burned; the nearest trees, laid hold of by the fire, scorched and shrivelled; trees at a distance, fired by the four fierce figures, begirt the blazing edifice with a new forest of smoke.†
Chpt 2.23
Definition:
a building or structure -- especially a large one
or:
a conceptual or organizational framework
or:
a conceptual or organizational framework