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Word History and Origins
Origin of edification1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English (from Anglo-French ), from Latin aedificātiōn-, stem of aedificātiō “act or process of building; a building”; in Late Latin also “spiritual improvement”; edify ( def ), -fication; aedicule ( def ),
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Example Sentences
Your letter was easily read, the pagination presented no difficulty, and I read it with much edification and gusto.
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All these things we will describe for the edification of people under similar circumstances to ourselves.
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You show wit, and I see you think to play the man of importance for my edification.
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At any rate his daughter passes her day of edification entirely without his assistance.
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Finally, Nachmanides wrote, not only for educational and theological ends, but also for edification.
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