Both Uses of
edifice
in
The Adventures of Augie March
- These things not appearing so threatening to me as they ought to appear, I was, on this topic anyhow, a fool to her, one who also could be stuck, leg-bent, in that white spiders' secretion and paralyzed inside women's edifices of safety.†
Chpt 11
- Charlotte came in herself, like a big bridal edifice in her veil and other lace, carrying long-stemmed flowers.†
Chpt 12 *
Definition:
a building or structure -- especially a large one
or:
a conceptual or organizational framework
or:
a conceptual or organizational framework