Edification

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  • noun. Intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement; enlightenment.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act or process of building; construction.
  • noun. The thing built; a building; an edifice.
  • noun. The act of edifying or instructing, or the state of being edified; improvement of the mind; enlightenment: most frequently used with reference to morals or religion.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A building or edifice.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral, emotional, or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; through encouragement and instruction.
  • noun. A building or edifice.
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  • noun. uplifting enlightenment
  • Word Usage
    "I don't think edification is the answer for ignorance, it may require a heart transplant."