Associations to the word «Edification»

Wiktionary

EDIFICATION, noun. 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.
EDIFICATION, noun. (archaic) A building or edifice.

Dictionary definition

EDIFICATION, noun. Uplifting enlightenment.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin