Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Facade

Facade (fȧ`sȧd" or fȧ`sād") , noun

[French, from Italian facciata, from faccia face, Latin facies. See Face.]

(Architecture) The front of a building; esp., the principal front, having some architectural pretensions. Thus a church is said to have its facade unfinished, though the interior may be in use.