Webster's English Dictionary

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architecture

ar.chi.tec.ture \'a:r-k*-.tek-ch*r\ n 1: the art or practice of designing 
   and building structures and esp. habita ble ones 2: formation or 
   construction as or as if as the result of conscious act  3: architectural 
   product or work  4: a method or style of building