edification

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[U] (formal or humorous) the improvement of sb's mind or character: The books were intended for the edification of the masses.

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

edificationEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary edificationEnglish›UyghurMain Dictionary edificationEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

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