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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. The assured edification of his church. --Bp. Hall. Out of these magazines I shall supply the town with what may tend to their edification. --Addison. 2. A building or edifice. [Obs.] --Bullokar. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: edification n : uplifting enlightenment [syn: {sophistication}]
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