Hypertext Webster Gateway: "edification"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
edification
n : uplifting enlightenment [syn: {sophistication}]
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