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disedification|dɪsˌɛdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən| [n. of action from disedify: cf. edify, edification.] The action of disedifying; the reverse of edification; the weakening of faith or devotion.
1664H. More Myst. Iniq. xvii. 62 The dedicating of an unknown Tongue to their Publick Prayers..to the great disedification of the People. 1836Card. Wiseman Lect. Cath. Ch. (1847) II. 74 The scandal and disedification committed before the Church. 1872Contemp. Rev. XX. 725 That unhappy system of concealing truths which are supposed to tend to disedification. |