edification

[ed-uh-fi-key-shuhn]

noun

1. an act of edifying.

2. the state of being edified; uplift.

3. moral improvement or guidance.

Word History and Origins

Origin of edification¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English (from Anglo-French ), from Latin aedificātiōn-, stem of aedificātiō “act or process of building; a building”; in Late Latin also “spiritual improvement”; edify ( def. ), -fication; aedicule ( def. ),