edificatory

American

[ih-dif-i-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, ed-uh-fi-key-tuh-ree] / ɪˈdɪf ɪ kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈɛd ə fɪˌkeɪ tə ri /

adjective

intended or serving to edify.

Etymology

Origin of edificatory

1640–50; < Late Latin aedificātōrius edifying, equivalent to aedificā ( re ) to edify + -tōrius -tory ¹

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edificatory

Moreover, we must remember that we are not here dealing with an account set down by the patient herself, but with an edificatory inscription put up by the temple officials.

From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by Livingstone, R.W.

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