Edification

//ˌɛdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən//

Synonyms for "edification" (41 found)

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Translations

17 translations across 12 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • تَنْوِير noun (the act of edifying, or the state of being edified)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • нәсихәт noun (the act of edifying, or the state of being edified)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • назидание noun (the act of edifying, or the state of being edified)

Czech

1 entries
  • osvěta noun (the act of edifying, or the state of being edified)

Dutch

1 entries
  • gebouw noun (building)

Finnish

2 entries
  • mielenylennys noun (the act of edifying, or the state of being edified)
  • rakennus noun (building)

French

2 entries
  • édification noun (the act of edifying, or the state of being edified)
  • édification noun (building)

German

3 entries
  • Bauwerk noun (building)
  • Erbauung noun (the act of edifying, or the state of being edified)
  • Gebäude noun (building)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 noun (the act of edifying, or the state of being edified)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • edificação noun (the act of edifying, or the state of being edified)

Romanian

1 entries
  • edificare noun (the act of edifying, or the state of being edified)

Swedish

2 entries
  • uppbyggelse noun (the act of edifying, or the state of being edified)
  • upplysning noun (the act of edifying, or the state of being edified)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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For the satisfaction of the curious, and the edification of the genealogist, I will state that my ancestors came to this country from England in the middle of the seventeenth century.

Source: tatoeba (12120061)

The geology course isn't required; I'm taking it for my own edification.

Source: tatoeba (12910364)

Tom dedicated his life to the edification of the masses.

Source: tatoeba (13176303)

Let euery one of vs please his neighbour for his good to edification.

Source: wiktionary

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