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Noun

  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.
  2. A building or edifice.


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Edification \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.
[1913 Webster]

The assured edification of his church. --Bp. Hall.
[1913 Webster]

Out of these magazines I shall supply the town with
what may tend to their edification. --Addison.
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2. A building or edifice. [Obs.] --Bullokar.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet edification
n : uplifting enlightenment [syn: sophistication]
Moby Dictionary
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


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