aedĭfĭcĭum, i, n. [aedifico],
a building of any kind , an edifice , structure , even though not suitable for a dwelling (while aedes designates only a structure for habitation).—Hence: aedes aedificiaque, Liv. 38, 38; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9 fin. : exstruere aedificium in alieno, id. Mil. 27: omnibus vicis aedificiisque incensis, Caes. B. G. 3, 29; Nep. Att. 13, 2; Sall. J. 23; Liv. 5, 41: aedificiorum prolapsiones, Suet. Aug. 30; cf. id. Oth. 8: regis, Vulg. 3 Reg. 9, 1: paries aedificii, ib. Ezech. 41, 12.—In late Lat., = aedificatio: aedificium domūs Domini, Vulg. 3 Reg. 9, 1: murorum, ib. 1 Macc. 16, 23.