The meaning of EDIFYING is instructive or informative in a way that improves the mind or character. How to use edifying in a sentence.

The meaning of EDIFY is to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift; also : enlighten, inform. How to use edify in a sentence. Edify Has Latin Roots.

Synonyms for EDIFYING: explanatory, detailed, enlightening, copious, comprehensive, instructive, elucidative, communicatory; Antonyms of EDIFYING: uninformative, useless, …

(Definition of edifying from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Edifying things uplift people intellectually or morally and help them learn. Good literature, art, and music are edifying. The original meaning of edify was "to build," and things that are edifying …

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2 meanings: 1. If you describe something as edifying, you mean that it benefits you in some way, for example by teaching you.... Click for more definitions.