edificatoryadj.
/ˈɛdɪfɪkeɪtəri/ Intended or suited for purposes of religious edification.
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society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > [adjective] > edifying
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [adjective] > instruction or improvement
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1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions ii. x. 348 An exercise so beneficially edificatory to the Church of God.
1678 Lively Oracles viii. §31. 316 Some parts of it..are not so..edificatory to us.
1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 1613 The edificatory character of Neander's history.
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