edified

1. 1.

   instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement

   Similarenlightened

Questions about edified

What does edified mean?

edified means "instructed and encouraged in moral, intellectual, and spiritual improvement".

How many syllables are in edified?

edified has 3 syllables: e-di-fied. The stress falls on "e".

Is edified a common word?

edified is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.