edification

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The servants are summoned for their edification, and in front of them all stands the mother of the child.

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  1. noun Intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement; enlightenment.

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  • A moral lesson for your edification, my friend, with illustrations: A photograph of a dog whose mistress hired bodyguards to watch over her beloved pet. —  F ;SF; - vol 099 issue 06 - December 2000
  • Presented as an artifact of it's time, for your edification is G. —  datajunkie
  • Just for your edification, there are thousands of Petersons that are Catholics and Methodists. —  KSL / U.S. / National
  • For your edification, here are Census Bureau figures for midterm elections. —  VDARE.com - Latest Articles
  • And to drive home the last point - for your edification, here is the rest of my list†¦ —  Boardgame News
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  1. from French édification = Provencal edificatio = Spanish edificacion = Portuguese edificação = Italian edificazione, from Latin ædificatio(n-), act of building, a building (structure), Late Latin instruction, from ædificare, past participle ædificatus, build: see edify.
 

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/ɛdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
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