edificationn.

/ˌɛdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

Etymology: < Latin aedificātiōn-em, < aedificāre to build, edify n.

a. Building. rare in modern use.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [noun]

bigginga1325

rearinga1325

buildingc1394

edifying1432

upbringing1484

rising?a1500

upmaking1513

upbigging1525

edification1549

erecting1553

structure1604

erection1614

compilementa1639

architecture1646

exstruction1652

built1654

edifice1663

fabric1730

upbuilding1732

builth1805

1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 10^v About 700 yeres after the edificacion of Rome.

1599 J. Lok in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 111 The castle..is not onely of situation the strongest I haue seene, but also of edification.

1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I iii. ii. 27 Cadmus..is said to have written 4 Books, touching the Edification of his own Citie.

1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels I. 80 The Edification whereof would be best promoted by attributing to those Workmen neither more nor less than their Due.

1721–33 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials II. i. ii. ii. 261 Officers to make all manner of provision for the edification of the said fortresses.

1805 Ann. Rev. 3 236 The exhibition of games, the edification of palaces.

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany xviii. 293 Church-edification is everywhere the order of the day.

†b. concrete. A building. Obsolete.In modern dictionaries; not in Bailey, Johnson, or Ash.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun]

bottleeOE

houseeOE

boldOE

building1297

builda1387

edificec1386

mansion1389

bigginga1400

housinga1400

edification1432

edifying1432

fabric1483

edify1555

structure1560

erection1609

framec1639

bastiment1679

drum1846

dump1899

gaff1932

1432–50 tr. Higden (1865) I. 405 To make edificacions in cites.

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xv. ii. 385 He throweth downe also the enimies edifications.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Edification, a building.

c. figurative. Building up of character, etc.

ΚΠ

1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 411 The whole period of youth is one essentially of formation, edification, instruction.

1867 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. Oct. 435 The religious idea, as opposed to Philistine demolition or to Philistine edification.

a. figurative. In religious use, after Greek οἰκοδομή in 1 Corinthians xiv: The building up the church, of the soul, in faith and holiness; the imparting of moral and spiritual stability and strength by suitable instruction and exhortation.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [noun] > instruction or improvement

edificationc1384

edifying1509

vivificationa1548

spiritualization1703

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. xiv. 19 And kepe we tho thingis to gidere that ben of edificacioun, that is, to bylde soulis to heuene.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) lxiv. 276 Noble and profitable wordis, to edificacion of þe peple.

1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. C.v^v Deuelyshe ploughyng, the whiche worketh to haue thinges in latine, and letteth the fruteful edificacion.

1611 Bible (King James) 2 Cor. x. 8.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxvii. 236 To the edification of God's people.

1710 J. Norris Treat. Christian Prudence v. 202 To build up men in Faith and Holiness of Life, that which we properly mean by Edification.

a1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches II. iv. xi. 417 In providing for the religious necessities of posterity, they were directly serving their own edification.

b. Mental or moral improvement, intellectual profit; instruction. (Now often ironical.)

ΘΚΠ

society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > [noun] > edification

nurture1526

edification1660

1660 W. Secker Nonsuch Professor Pref. sig. Aa^v The design of this Peece is not the ostentation of the Author, but the edification of the Reader.

1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. lxxvii For the Edification of the Citizens of our Metropolis in Loyalty.

1772 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. (1782) II. 199 Promote..mutual edification by every proper means.

1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal v. ii. 68 Oh, 'tis edification to hear him talk.

1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. iii. 69 Where was the edification of all this?

1831 T. De Quincey Dr. Parr in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 64/1 That he might dispense his edification in equal proportions.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 206 Kindly answer, for the edification of the company and myself.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	edification
释义	edificationn. /ˌɛdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ Etymology: < Latin aedificātiōn-em, < aedificāre to build, edify n. 1. a. Building. rare in modern use. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [noun] bigginga1325 rearinga1325 buildingc1394 edifying1432 upbringing1484 rising?a1500 upmaking1513 upbigging1525 edification1549 erecting1553 structure1604 erection1614 compilementa1639 architecture1646 exstruction1652 built1654 edifice1663 fabric1730 upbuilding1732 builth1805 1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 10^v About 700 yeres after the edificacion of Rome. 1599 J. Lok in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 111 The castle..is not onely of situation the strongest I haue seene, but also of edification. 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I iii. ii. 27 Cadmus..is said to have written 4 Books, touching the Edification of his own Citie. 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels I. 80 The Edification whereof would be best promoted by attributing to those Workmen neither more nor less than their Due. 1721–33 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials II. i. ii. ii. 261 Officers to make all manner of provision for the edification of the said fortresses. 1805 Ann. Rev. 3 236 The exhibition of games, the edification of palaces. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany xviii. 293 Church-edification is everywhere the order of the day. †b. concrete. A building. Obsolete.In modern dictionaries; not in Bailey, Johnson, or Ash. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun] bottleeOE houseeOE boldOE building1297 builda1387 edificec1386 mansion1389 bigginga1400 housinga1400 edification1432 edifying1432 fabric1483 edify1555 structure1560 erection1609 framec1639 bastiment1679 drum1846 dump1899 gaff1932 1432–50 tr. Higden (1865) I. 405 To make edificacions in cites. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xv. ii. 385 He throweth downe also the enimies edifications. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Edification, a building. c. figurative. Building up of character, etc. ΚΠ 1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 411 The whole period of youth is one essentially of formation, edification, instruction. 1867 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. Oct. 435 The religious idea, as opposed to Philistine demolition or to Philistine edification. 2. a. figurative. In religious use, after Greek οἰκοδομή in 1 Corinthians xiv: The building up the church, of the soul, in faith and holiness; the imparting of moral and spiritual stability and strength by suitable instruction and exhortation. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [noun] > instruction or improvement edificationc1384 edifying1509 vivificationa1548 spiritualization1703 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. xiv. 19 And kepe we tho thingis to gidere that ben of edificacioun, that is, to bylde soulis to heuene. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) lxiv. 276 Noble and profitable wordis, to edificacion of þe peple. 1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. C.v^v Deuelyshe ploughyng, the whiche worketh to haue thinges in latine, and letteth the fruteful edificacion. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Cor. x. 8. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxvii. 236 To the edification of God's people. 1710 J. Norris Treat. Christian Prudence v. 202 To build up men in Faith and Holiness of Life, that which we properly mean by Edification. a1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches II. iv. xi. 417 In providing for the religious necessities of posterity, they were directly serving their own edification. b. Mental or moral improvement, intellectual profit; instruction. (Now often ironical.) ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > [noun] > edification nurture1526 edification1660 1660 W. Secker Nonsuch Professor Pref. sig. Aa^v The design of this Peece is not the ostentation of the Author, but the edification of the Reader. 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. lxxvii For the Edification of the Citizens of our Metropolis in Loyalty. 1772 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. (1782) II. 199 Promote..mutual edification by every proper means. 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal v. ii. 68 Oh, 'tis edification to hear him talk. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. iii. 69 Where was the edification of all this? 1831 T. De Quincey Dr. Parr in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 64/1 That he might dispense his edification in equal proportions. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 206 Kindly answer, for the edification of the company and myself. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1384
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