It seems that this week, childhood memories are popping up. And my childhood was enmeshed with Christianity (almost cult like).
The word today is EDIFICE. I will make use (and modify) a bible verse and write an acrostic.
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Upon this rock I will build my edifice.
The Exhibition (hall was a)
Decaying (structure that represented the)
Institution
Founded (in)
Imperialistic
Christendom (which created an)
Empire
~RuthScribbles