Edification

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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              The assured edification of his church. --Bp. Hall.
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              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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  edification
       n : uplifting enlightenment [syn: {sophistication}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "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