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Webster 1913 Edition


Edification

Edˊi-fi-ca′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
aedificatio
: cf. F.
édification
. See
Edify
.]
1.
The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction.
The assured
edification
of his church.
Bp. Hall.
Out of these magazines I shall supply the town with what may tend to their
edification
.
Addison.
2.
A building or edifice.
[Obs.]
Bullokar.

Webster 1828 Edition


Edification

EDIFICA'TION

,
Noun.
[L. oedificatio. See Edify.]
1.
A building up, in a moral and religious sense; instruction; improvement and progress of the mind, in knowledge, in morals, or in faith and holiness.
He that prophesieth, speaketh to men to edification. 1 Cor.14.
2.
Instruction; improvement of the mind in any species of useful knowledge.

Definition 2024


édification

édification

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Alternative forms

Noun

édification f (plural édifications)

  1. building, edification (act of building)