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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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French
Alternative forms
- ædification (obsolete)
Noun
édification f (plural édifications)
- building, edification (act of building)