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say it: ED-uh-fahy-ing
edifying is an adjective meaning "enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement". It carries one recorded sense.
enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement
“the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for edifying come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.