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 and divides as e-di-fied under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.