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[ adjective ] enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement

Synonyms

enlightening

Examples

"the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read"

Used in print

(Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)

Ought not an edifying Trial have made every effort to demonstrate this once_and_for_all by showing how representative types of `` mere '' anti-Semites were drawn step_by_step into the program of skull bashings and gassings ?

Related terms

unedifying

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