firstedifices

noun
UK /ˌfɜːstˈɛdɪfɪsɪz/
US /ˌfɜrstˈɛdəfəsɪz/

The very first buildings that people build in a new place.

The firstedifices of the town were small wooden houses near the river.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. The earliest large public buildings in a city's history.

The museum stands on the site of the city's firstedifices.

3. The first structures built by a group or organization.

The school's firstedifices were just two rooms and a bell tower.

4. In stories, the first grand buildings made by an ancient people.

Legends say the firstedifices were raised by giants before the flood.

5. The initial buildings of a colony or settlement.

Archaeologists uncovered the firstedifices of the old colony beneath the fields.