Edification

Noun

 * 1) The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral, emotional, or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; through encouragement and instruction.
 * 2)  A building or edifice.

Related terms

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

Thesaurus
accomplishments, acquisition of knowledge, acquisitions, attainments, catechization, coaching, didactics, direction, education, enlightening, enlightenment, guidance, illumination, improvement, information, instruction, learning, liberal education, pedagogics, pedagogy, private teaching, programmed instruction, reeducation, schooling, self-instruction, self-teaching, sophistication, spoon-feeding, store of knowledge, teaching, tuition, tutelage, tutorage, tutoring, tutorship, uplifting

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Finnish: mielenylennys


 * German: Erbauung
 * Romanian: edificare


 * Dutch:


 * Finnish:

Anagrams

 * deification