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Webster 1913 Edition
Edification
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.
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
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See also: édification
English
Alternative forms
- ædification (archaic)
Noun
edification (plural edifications)
- The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral, emotional, or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; through encouragement and instruction.
- (archaic) A building or edifice.
Related terms
- edificant
- edificator
- edificatory
- edificial
- edifice
- edifier
- edify
- edifyingly
- edifyingness
Translations
the act of edifying, or the state of being edified
building
References
- “edification” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).