edification

See also: édification

English

Alternative forms

• ædification (archaic)

Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin aedificationem (“building, construction”), an accusative form of aedificatio, from aedificare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

edification (countable and uncountable, plural edifications)

1. The act of edifying, or the state of being edified or improved; a building process, especially morally, emotionally, or spiritually
   • March 14, 2018, Roger Penrose writing in The Guardian, 'Mind over matter': Stephen Hawking – obituary

     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.

2. (archaic) A building or edifice.

Related terms

• edificant
• edificator
• edificatory
• edificial
• edifice
• edifier
• edify
• edifyingly
• edifyingness

Translations

the act of edifying, or the state of being edified

• Arabic: تَنْوِير m (tanwīr)
• Bashkir: нәсихәт (nəsixət)
• Bulgarian: назидание (bg) n (nazidanie)
• Czech: osvěta f
• Finnish: mielenylennys
• French: édification (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Erbauung f
• Gothic: 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 f (timreins)
• Portuguese: edificação (pt) f
• Romanian: edificare (ro) f
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: uppbyggelse (sv), upplysning (sv)

building

• Dutch: gebouw (nl)
• Finnish: rakennus (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: édification (fr) f
• German: Gebäude (de) n, Bauwerk (de) n

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “edification”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• deification