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Edification (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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edification (wn) | edification
n 1: uplifting enlightenment [syn: edification,
sophistication] |
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Edification (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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Reedification (gcide) | Reedification \Re*ed`i*fi*ca"tion\ (r?*?d`?*f?*k?"sh?n), n. [Cf.
F. r['e]['e]dification. See Reedify.]
The act reedifying; the state of being reedified.
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