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edification

n.
US //ˌɛdəfəˈkeɪʃən// UK //ˌɛdɪfɪkˈeɪʃən// ed·i·fi·ca·tion Archaic
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Origin

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

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