'Edification' definitions:
Definition of 'edification'
(from WordNet)
noun
Uplifting enlightenment [syn: edification, sophistication]
Definition of 'Edification'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- The assured edification of his church. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
- Out of these magazines I shall supply the town with what may tend to their edification. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A building or edifice. [Obs.] --Bullokar. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'edification'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accomplishments,
- acquisition of knowledge,
- acquisitions,
- attainments,
- catechization,
- coaching,
- didactics,
- direction,
- education,
- enlightening,
- enlightenment,
- guidance,
- illumination,
- improvement,
- information,
- instruction,
- learning,
- liberal education,
- pedagogics,
- pedagogy,
- private teaching,
- programmed instruction,
- reeducation,
- schooling,
- self-instruction,
- self-teaching,
- sophistication,
- spoon-feeding,
- store of knowledge,
- teaching,
- tuition,
- tutelage,
- tutorage,
- tutoring,
- tutorship,
- uplifting