Lewis Short
fābrĭcātio (noun F) : id.
* A making, framing, structure, manner of construction (rare but class.).
* Lit.: si erit tota hominis fabricatio perspecta,Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 133: auri,working,Vulg. Sirach, 32, 8.—In plur.: aedificiorum,Vitr. 2, 1: artificis,id. 9, 2: non sentiunt has injurias et contumelias fabricationis suae dei vestri,Tert. Apol. 12.
* Trop., of speech, structure, skilful construction, Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary