EDIFICATION in a Sentence
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Example sentences for EDIFICATION, such as:
1. I tend to watch the television for pleasure rather than edification.
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Meanings and Examples of EDIFICATION
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edification
n. uplifting enlightenment
Classic Sentence:
1 No matter what the subject might be, a brainracking effort was made to squirm it into some aspect or other that the moral and religious mind could contemplate with edification.
2 I pressed Traddles into the service without his knowledge; and whenever he came to see us, exploded my mines upon him for the edification of Dora at second hand.
Example Sentence:
1 It ought to be improved to the spiritual edification of the pupils, by encouraging them to evince fortitude under temporary privation.
2 I tend to watch the television for pleasure rather than edification.