edification en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˌɛdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin aedificationem (“building, construction”), an accusative form of aedificatio, from aedificare.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 15:2:Caterina Pachetti had been a very pretty women, which she remembered more to her own edification than to that of her friends.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 219: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 edification.
2018 March 14, Roger Penrose, “'Mind over matter': Stephen Hawking – obituary by Roger Penrose”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2022:
- (archaic, countable, uncountable) A building or edifice.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ædification | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| edifications | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
edificial · edifyingness · edificatory · edifice · edifier · edificator · edify · edificant · edifyingly
Translations (17)
fi rakennus (building) · de Bauwerk (building) · ba нәсихәт (the act of edifying, or the state of being edified) · fr édification (building) · de Gebäude (building) · ro edificare (the act of edifying, or the state of being edified) · de Erbauung (the act of edifying, or the state of being edified) · fi mielenylennys (the act of edifying, or the state of being edified) · nl gebouw (building) · bg назидание (the act of edifying, or the state of being edified) · pt edificação (the act of edifying, or the state of being edified) · sv uppbyggelse (the act of edifying, or the state of being edified) · fr édification (the act of edifying, or the state of being edified) · sv upplysning (the act of edifying, or the state of being edified) · cs osvěta (the act of edifying, or the state of being edified) · got 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (the act of edifying, or the state of being edified) · ar تَنْوِير (the act of edifying, or the state of being edified)