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Edification

Noun CEFR C1
ˌɛdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən

Definitions

  1. The act of edifying, or the state of being edified or improved; a building process, especially morally, emotionally, or spiritually.
  2. A building or edifice.

Equivalents

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Bosanskiosveta
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Nederlandsgebouw
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Examples

“Let⟳ euery one of vs please⟳ his neighbour for his good to edification.”
“Caterina Pachetti had been a very pretty women, which she remembered more to her own⟳ edification than to that of her friends.”
“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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