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Meanings of edification in English

Portuguese
edificação
Catalan
sofisticació
Spanish
sofisticación

Uplifting enlightenment.

        edificação
        Usage of edification in English
        1
        The purpose of art is sympathetic vision, not scientific truth or edification.
        The Principles of Aesthetics
        2
        And what is the instrument of edification in our ordinary religious parlance?
        Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts
        3
        They rifle colleges to promote learning, and pull down churches for edification.
        Character Writings of the Seventeenth Century
        4
        Let every one of you Please his neighbour unto good, to edification.
        The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament
        5
        Crowds attended on her ministry, not from idle curiosity, but for edification.
        Woman: Man's Equal
        6
        The edification of the people in the camp was that which pleased Moses.
        Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02
        7
        The prince for whose edification the philosopher uttered these daring sentiments looked grave.
        The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 / The Recent Da...
        8
        You lie at the catch again; this is not for edification.
        The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come ...
        9
        It's for your edification mainly, and now is an opportunity for another lesson.
        The blood that bonds
        10
        Sri Yukteswar related one of his own experiences in scriptural edification.
        Autobiography of a Yogi
        11
        We may consider in these words some particulars for our edification.
        The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
        12
        And so on, during the whole of the day, much to our edification.
        Olla Podrida
        13
        A friend for whose edification this novel method was demonstrated thus writes it:
        Tropic Days
        14
        But he that prophesieth speaketh to men unto edification and exhortation and comfort.
        The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament
        15
        I will transcribe it for your edification, and so conclude this wandering epistle.
        Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 356, June, 1845
        16
        Well, for your edification, Dillon Savage is not behind bars anymore.
        Big sky standoff
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        Portuguese
        edificação
        Edification through the time
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