edification

Definition

The act of edifying, or the state of being edified or improved; a building process, especially morally, emotionally, or spiritually.

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin aedificationem (“building, construction”), an accusative form of aedificatio, from aedificare.

Example Sentences

• "Let euery one of vs please his neighbour for his good to edification."
• "Caterina Pachetti had been a very pretty women, which she remembered more to her own edification than to that of her friends."
• "It seems clear that he took great delight in his commonly perceived role as “the No 1 celebrity scientist”; huge audiences would attend his public lectures, perhaps not always just for scientific edification."

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