Definition of edification
: an act or process of edifying
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The children take turns reciting from a family Bible for practice in reading and elocution, not to mention spiritual edification.
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Loss of originality is an anxiety sufficiently deep to resist many efforts (and many years) of pragmatic edification.
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This seems to be part of an administration-wide effort to treat the nation’s largest state not as an object of loving persuasion but as a target, and as a demon-figure for the edification and excitement of people in Trump Country.
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Milwaukee tests just one electronic voting machine for the public's edification.
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The site was hardly a Gateway Arch, but the quaint enthusiasm of its preservation aims offered some bite-size edification.
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Critics of Weil's notion observe that museums used to be about education, and the object of education is not fun; it's edification and elucidation.
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Luckily, most of Ms. Ettinger’s ramblings aren’t so theatrical and instead bring surprising moments of joy and edification.
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Clarity of vision, happiness, and moral edification, becoming a better person.
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First Known Use of edification
14th century
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