Edification
[,edɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ɛdɪfɪ'keʃən]
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) A building or edifice.
Checker: Marty
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Instruction (with reference to improving the character), enlightenment, improvement, education.
Typed by Ewing
Examples
- Will you then kindly answer, for the edification of the company and of myself? Plato. The Republic.
- I have composed many a homily on her back, to the edification of my brethren of the convent, and many poor Christian souls. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Sloppy held it up, for his edification. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Are we to fight for the edification of the First Born, or is it something worse than that? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Boy put aside, to the great edification of the audience, especially of Little Swills, the comic vocalist. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Her auditress listened with exceeding edification. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There are men pitted against men, and against beasts for the edification of Issus and the replenishment of her larder. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Nor was his domestic life during his time of power and freedom one of exceptional edification. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Nelda