EDIFICA'TION, n. L. oedificatio. See Edify.
1. A building up, in a moral and religious sense instruction improvement and progress of the mind, in knowledge, in morals, or in faith and holiness.
He that prophesieth, speaketh to men to edification. 1 Corinthians 14
2. Instruction improvement of the mind in any species of useful knowledge.
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