Edification Meaning
/ˌɛdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of edifying, or the state of being edified or improved; a building process, especially morally, emotionally, or spiritually.
nounA building or edifice.
Sentence Examples
The geology course isn't required; I'm taking it for my own edification.
Tom dedicated his life to the edification of the masses.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The teacher's goal was the ____ of his students, not just their test scores.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The geology course isn't required I'm taking it for my own ____.
Word Origin & History
From Old French, from Latin aedificationem (“building, construction”), an accusative form of aedificatio, from aedificare.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The teacher's goal was the ____ of his students, not just their test scores.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The geology course isn't required I'm taking it for my own ____.