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edification
/ˌɛdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
noun 2
Collocations
3ADJ.
good, own
EDIFICATION + NOUN
masses
PREP.
than
Definitions
noun
1
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.
Caterina Pachetti had been a very pretty women, which she remembered more to her own edification than to that of her friends.
2
A building or edifice.
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Synonyms
noun — uplifting enlightenment
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Let euery one of vs please his neighbour for his good to edification.
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Caterina Pachetti had been a very pretty women, which she remembered more to her own edification than to that of her friends.
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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 edif
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The geology course isn't required; I'm taking it for my own edification.
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Tom dedicated his life to the edification of the masses.
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