different between edificant vs edification

English

Etymology

From Latin aedificans, aedificantis, present participle of aedificare. See edify.

Adjective

edificant (comparative more edificant, superlative most edificant)

1. building; constructing
   • 1655, William Dugard et al., Verses on Gataker

     And as his pen was often militant / Nor less triumphant; so edificant / It also was, like those blessed builders, who / Stood on their guard, and stoutly builded too.

   • 1845, Ralph Waldo Emerson, journal entry

     Men are edificant or otherwise. Samuel Hoar is to all men's eyes conservative and constructive […]

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Verb

edificant

1. present participle of edificar

English

Alternative forms

• ædification (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin aedificationem (“building, construction”), an accusative form of aedificatio, from aedificare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d?f??ke???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

edification (countable and uncountable, plural edifications)

1. The act of edifying, or the state of being edified or improved; a building process, especially morally, emotionally, or spiritually
   • March 14, 2018, Roger Penrose writing in The Guardian, 'Mind over matter': Stephen Hawking – obituary

     It seems clear that he took great delight in his commonly perceived role as “the No 1 celebrity scientist”; huge audiences would attend his public lectures, perhaps not always just for scientific edification.

2. (archaic) A building or edifice.

Related terms

• edificant
• edificator
• edificatory
• edificial
• edifice
• edifier
• edify
• edifyingly
• edifyingness

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “edification”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• deification