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edificatory

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˌɛdɪfɪˈkeɪtəɹi/

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adj

Meaning 1

Tending to edification.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1649-1654, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Divers Practicall cases of Conscience Where these gifts of interpretation and eminent endowments of learning are found, there can be no reason of restraining them from an exercise so beneficially edificatory to the church of God.

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