edification

edification

See also: édification

English

Alternative forms

• ædification (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French, from 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 (näsixät) Bulgarian: назидание (bg) n (nazidanie) Czech: osvěta f Finnish: mielenylennys

French: édification (fr) f German: Erbauung f Gothic: 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 f (timreins) Romanian: edificare (ro) f Swedish: uppbyggelse (sv), upplysning (sv)

building

Dutch: gebouw (nl) Finnish: rakennus (fi)

French: édification (fr) f German: Gebäude (de) n, Bauwerk (de) n

References

• “edification” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

Anagrams

• deification