Edification

EDIFICA'TION, noun [Latin oedificatio. See [[Edify]].]

1. A building up, in a moral and religious sense; instruction; improvement and progress of the mind, in knowledge, in morals, or in faith and holiness.

He that prophesieth, speaketh to men to edification [[1 Corinthians 14#3|1 Corinthians 14:3]].

2. Instruction; improvement of the mind in any species of useful knowledge.