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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Edification \Ed'i*fi*ca"tion\, noun [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) 2.0 [wn]:
edification
noun: uplifting enlightenment [syn: {sophistication}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "edification": 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
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