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Antonyms for edification

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ed-uh-fi-key-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛd ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən

Definition of edification

Origin :
  • mid-14c., in religious use, "building up of the soul," from Old French edification and directly from Latin aedificationem (nominative aedificatio) "construction, building," in Late Latin "spiritual improvement," from past participle stem of aedificare (see edifice). Religious use is as translation of Greek oikodome in I Cor. xiv. Meaning "mental improvement" is 1650s. Literal sense of "building" is rare in English.
  • noun improvement, education
Example sentences :
  • His lordship had been an ear-witness to part of the colloquy, very much to his edification.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • Will you then kindly answer, for the edification of the company and of myself?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • We greatly admired the map which accompanied them for the edification of the shareholders.
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
  • The parable was plainly intended for the edification of the Twelve.
  • Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage
  • I pray you teach my cure the Scripture of God, and that may be to edification.
  • Extract from : « Short Studies on Great Subjects » by James Anthony Froude
  • He did not reply, lest the power given for edification should turn to destruction.
  • Extract from : « Thais » by Anatole France
  • A single school of whales exhibited their flukes for our edification—so I heard.
  • Extract from : « Glances at Europe » by Horace Greeley
  • No one could get edification from an artistic 451representation of a man hanging on the gallows.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • Legends and history were of equal value, since both were used for edification.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • They find comfort and edification in an abstract and learned phraseology.
  • Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall

Synonyms for edification

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