edification
noun/ˌɛdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Etymology From Old French, from Latin aedificationem (“building, construction”), an accusative form of aedificatio, from aedificare.
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The act of edifying, or the state of being edified or improved; a building process, especially morally, emotionally, or spiritually.
- Let euery one of vs please his neighbour for his good to edification.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 15:2:
- Caterina Pachetti had been a very pretty women, which she remembered more to her own edification than to that of her friends.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 219:
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- 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.2018 March 14, Roger Penrose, “'Mind over matter': Stephen Hawking – obituary by Roger Penrose”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2022:
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Archaic A building or edifice.
- Derived terms
- disedification
- Related terms
- edificant, edificator, edificatory, edifice, edificial, edifier, edify, edifyingly, edifyingness