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Edification
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What's The Definition Of Edification?
[n] uplifting enlightenment
Synonyms | Synonyms for Edification: sophistication Related Terms | Find terms related to Edification: accomplishments | acquisition of knowledge | acquisitions | attainments | catechization | coaching | didactics | direction | education | enlightening | enlightenment | guidance | illumination | improvement | information | instruction | learning | liberal education | pedagogics | pedagogy | private teaching | programmed instruction | reeducation | schooling | self-instruction | self-teaching | sophistication | spoon-feeding | store of knowledge | teaching | tuition | tutelage | tutorage | tutoring | tutorship | uplifting See Also | disenchantment | disillusion | disillusionment | enlightenment Edification In Webster's Dictionary \Ed`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. aedificatio: cf. F.
['e]dification. 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.
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