edification 
Clergymen who are on the way of learning some valua- 
ble lessons in the art of popular Church edification. 
The Churchman, LIV. 409. 
2f. The thing built; a building; an edifice. 
Eullokar. 3. The act of edifying or instruct- 
ing, or the state of being edified ; improvement 
of the mind ; enlightenment : most frequently 
used with reference to morals or religion. 
He that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification. 
1 Cor. xiv. 3. 
Out of these magazines I shall supply the town with 
what may tend to their edification. Addition, Guardian. 
Tis edification to hear him converse ; he professes the 
noblest sentiments. Sheridan, School for Scandal, ii. 3. 
edificator (ed'i-fi-ka-tor), n. [= P. tdificateur 
= Sp. Pg. edificador = It. edificatore, < L. cedi- 
fieator, a builder, < cedificare, pp. cedificatus, 
build: see edify.'] One who or that which edi- 
fies; an edifier. [Bare.] 
Language is the grand edificator of the race. 
0. D. Boardman, Creative Week, p. 209. 
edificatory (ed'i-fi-ka-to-ri), a. [= It. edifica- 
torio, < LL. cedificator'iiis, < L. cedificator, a 
builder: see edificator.'] Tending to edifica- 
tion. 
Where these gifts of interpretation and eminent endow- 
ments of learning are found, there can be no reason o( re- 
straining them from an exercise so beneficially edificatory 
to the church of God. Bp. Hall, Cases of Conscience, x. 
edifice (ed'i-fis), n. [< F. Edifice = Pr. edifici = 
Sp. Pg. It. edificio, < L. ledificium, a building of 
any kind, < tedificare, build : see edify. ] A build- 
ing; a structure; an architectural fabric: ap- 
plied chiefly to large or fine buildings, public or 
private. 
Should I go to church, 
And see the holy edifice of stone, 
And not bethink me straight of dangerous rocks? 
Shak., M. of V.,i. 1. 
edificial (ed-i-fish'al), a. [< edifice + -ial.'] 
Pertaining to an edifice or a structure ; struc- 
tural. 
Mansions . . . without any striking edificial attraction. 
British Critic, III. 053. 
edifier (ed'i-fl-er), n. If. One who builds; a 
builder. Huloet. 2. One who edifies or im- 
parts instruction, especially in morals or re- 
ligion. 
They scorn their edifiers t' own, 
Who taught them all their sprinkling lessons, 
Their tones and sanctify'd expressions. 
S. ButCer, Hudibras, I. ii. 624. 
1844 
II. intrans. 1. To cause or tend to cause 
moral or intellectual improvement ; make peo- 
ple wiser or better. 
The graver sort dislike all poetry, 
Which does not, as they call it, edify. Oldham. 
2f. To be instructed or improved, especially 
morally ; become wiser or better. 
I have not edified more, truly, by man. 
11. Jonson, Alchemist, iii. 1. 
All you gallants that hope to be saved by your clothes, 
edify, edify. Massimjer. 
Edriophthalma 
Delphln editions of the classics.. See delphiai. Dia- 
mond edition. See diamomi. Edition de luxe IF.], 
an edition of a book characterized by the choice quality 
and workmanship of the paper, typography, embellish- 
ment, binding, etc., and the limited number of copies 
issued, and hence the enhanced price. Editions de luxe 
are generally sold by subscription. Elzevir editions. 
SIT Klzevir. 
edition! (e-dish'on), v. t. [< edition, n.] To 
edit; publish. Myles Davies. 
editionert (e-dish'on-er), n. [< edition + -w*.j 
An editor. 
Mr. Norden . . . makethhis complaint in that necessary 
Guide added to a little, but not much augmented, by the 
late Editioner. J. Gregory, Posthuma, p. 321. 
Alith. There's Doctrine for all Husbands, Mr. Harconrt. 
Hare. I edify, Madam, so much, that I am impatient 
till I am one. Wycherley, Country Wife, v. 1. editio prfncepS (f-dish l-O prin seps). [L. : 
= It. edificare, < L. cedificare, build, erect, estab- 
lish, LL. instruct, < aides, more commonly cedis, 
a building for habitation, esp. a temple, as the 
dwelling of a god, in pi. cedes, a dwelling-house 
(orig. a fireplace, a hearth ; cf . Ir. aidhe, a house, 
aodh, fire, AS. ad, a funeral pyre, and see oast), 
+ -ficare,<.facere, build.] I. trans. 1. To build; 
construct. [Obsolete or archaic.] 
And seide, "This is an lions of orisouns and of holynesse, 
And whenne that my wil is ich wol hit ouertlirowe, 
And er thre dayes after edefye hit newe." 
Piers Plowman (C), xix. 102. 
Munday, the xxvij Day of Aprill, to fferare, and ther I 
lay all nyght, it ys a good Cite, and well and substan- 
cially Edifyed. Torkington, Diarie of Eng. Travel!, p. 6. 
Wherein were written down 
The names of all who had died 
In the convent, since it was edified. 
Longfellow, Golden Legend, ii. 
2f. To build in or upon ; cover with buildings. 
Long they thus travelled in friendly wise, 
Through countreyes waste, and eke well edifyde, 
Seeking adventures hard, to exercise 
Their puissaunce. Spenser, F. Q., III. i. 14. 
3. To build up or increase the faith, morality, 
etc., of; impart instruction to, particularly in 
morals or religion. 
They that will be true ploughmen must work faithfully 
for God's sake, for the edifying of their brethren. 
Latiiner, Sermon of the Plough. 
Comfort yourselves together and edify one another. 
1 Thes. v. 11. 
Your help here, to edify and raise us up in a scruple. 
B. Jonson, Bartholomew Fair, i. 1. 
My little ones were kept up beyond their usual time to 
be edified by so much good conversation. 
Goldsmith, Vicar, ix. 
4t. To convince or persuade. 
You shall hardly edify me that those nations might not, 
by the law of nature, have been subdued by any nation 
that had only policy and moral virtue. Bacon, Holy War. 
5f. To benefit ; favor. 
My love with words and errors still she feeds, 
But edifies another with her deeds. 
Shak., T. audC., v. 3. 
He will discourse unto us edifyingly and feelingly of the 
substantial and comfortable doctrines of religion. 
Killingbech, Sermons, p. 324. 
edifyingness (ed'i-fi-ing-nes), . The quality 
of being edifying. [Bare.] 
edile, aedile (e'dil), n. [< L. cedilis, < cedes, 
cedis, a building, a temple: see edify.] In an- 
cient Borne, a magistrate whose duty was ori- 
ginally the superintendence of public build- 
ings and lands, out of which grew a large num- 
ber of functions of administration and police. 
Among other duties, that of promoting the public games 
was incumbent on the ediles, and cost them large sums of 
money. Later, under the empire, their functions were 
distributed among special officials, and their importance 
dwindled. 
edileship, sedileship (e'dil-ship), . [< edile, 
cedile, + -ship.] The office of an edile. 
The cedileshipvrasa.n introduction to the highest offices. 
L. Schmitz, Hist. Rome, p. 236. 
edilian, sedilian (e-dil'i-an), a. [< edile, cedile, 
+ -/.] Belatiug to an edile. 
edingtonite (ed'ing-ton-it), . [Named after 
Mr. Edington, a Glasgow mineralogist.] A rare 
zeolitic mineral occurring near Dumbarton, 
Scotland. It is a hydrous silicate of alumini- 
um and barium. 
edit (ed'it), v. t. [= F. Miter = Sp. editor, < 
L. cditus, pp. of edere, give out, put out, pro- 
duce, publish (as literary productions), exhibit, 
etc., < e, out, + dare, give: see date 1 .] If. To 
put forth ; issue ; publish. 
He [Plato] wrote and ordeyned lawes moste eqal and 
iust. He edityed unto the Grekes |the plan of] a comou 
welthe stable, quyet and commendable. 
J. Locher, Prol. to Barclay's tr. of Ship of Fools (ed. 
IJamieson), I. 6. 
2. To make a recension or revision of, as a 
manuscript or printed book ; prepare for pub- 
lication or other use in a clarified, altered, cor- 
rected, or annotated form ; collate, verify, elu- 
cidate, amend, etc., for general or special use. 
Abelard wrote many philosophical treatises which have 
never been edited. Enfield. 
There are at least four Viharas which we know for cer- 
tainty were excavated before the Christian Era. There 
are probably forty, but they have not yet been edited with 
such care as to enable us to feel confident in affixing dates 
to them. J. Ferguitson, Hist. Indian Arch., p. 144. 
3. To supervise the preparation of for publi- 
cation ; control, select, or adapt the contents 
of, as a newspaper, magazine, encyclopedia, or 
other collective work. 
edition (e-dish'on), n. [= F. edition = Sp. 
cdicion = Pg. edigao = It. edieione, < L. editio(n-), 
a putting forth, a publishing, edition of a lit- 
erary work, < edere, pp. editus, put forth, pub- 
lish: see edit.'] 1. The act of editing. 2. An 
edited copy or issue of a book or other work ; a 
recension, revision, or annotated reproduction: 
as, Milman's edition of Gibbon's "Rome"; the 
Globe edition of Shakspere. 3. A concurrent 
issue or publication of copies of a book or some 
similar production; the number of books, etc., 
of the same kind published together, or with- 
out change of form or of contents; a multi- 
plication or reproduction of the same work or 
series of works: as, a large edition of a book, 
map, or newspaper; the work has reached a 
tenth edition; the folio editions of Shakspere's 
plays. 
The which I also have more at large set oute in the 
seconde edition of ray booke. Whitgift, Defence, p. 49. 
As to the larger additions and alterations, ... he has 
promised me to print them by themselves, so that the for- 
mer edition may not be wholly lost to those who have it. 
Locke, Human Understanding, To the Reader. 
4. Figuratively, one of several forms or states 
in which something appears at different times ; 
a copy; an exemplar. 
The business of our redemption is . . . to set forth na- 
ture in a second and fairer edition. South, Sermons. 
a book, especially of a Greek or Latin classic. 
editor (ed'i-tor), 11. [= F. editeur = Sp. Pg. 
editor = It. editore, a publisher, < L. editor, one 
who puts forth, an exhibitor (the sense 'editor' 
is mod.), < edere, pp. editjm, put forth: see edit.] 
One who edits; one who prepares, or superin- 
tends the preparation of, a book, journal, etc., 
for publication. Abbreviated ed City editor. 
editorial (ed-i-to'ri-al), . and n. [< editor + 
-ial.] I. . Pertaining to, proceeding from, or 
written by an editor : as, editorial labors ; an 
editorial article, note, or remark. 
The editorial articles are always anonymous in form. 
Sir G. C. Lewis, Authority in Matters of Opinion, ix. 
II. . An article, as in a newspaper, written 
by the editor or one of his assistants, and in 
form setting forth the position or opinion of the 
paper upon some subject; a leading article: 
as, an editorial on the war. 
The opening article on the first page [of "Figaro"] is 
what we should call the chief editorial, and what the Eng- 
lish term a "leader." In Paris it is known as a"chru- 
nique." The Century, XXXV. 2. 
editorially (ed-i-to'ri-al-i), adv. As, by, in the 
style of, or with the authority of an editor. 
editorship (ed'i-tor-ship), n. [< editor + -ship."] 
The office of an editor. 
editress (ed'i-tres), n. [< editor + -ess.] A 
female editor. 
edituatet (e-dit'u-at), v. t. [< ML. (edituatns, 
pp. of ceditiiare, keep or govern a temple, < L. 
ii'dituus (> It. edituo), a keeper of a temple, < 
eedes, cedis, a temple (see edify), + tueri, protect. ] 
To defend or govern, as a house or temple. 
The devotion whereof could not but move the city to 
edituate such a piece of divine office. 
J. Gregory, Notes on Scripture, p. 49. 
Edmunds Act. See act. 
edoctrinatet (e-dok'tri-nat), v. t. [< L. e, out, 
+ doctrina, doctrine: see doctrine, and cf. in- 
doctrinate.] To instruct. 
In what kind of complement, please you, venerable sir, 
to be edoctrinated? Shirley, Love Tricks, iii. 6. 
Edolianset (e-do-li-a'ne), n.pl. Same as Edo- 
Edoliidae (ed-o-li'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Edolh/s 
(the typical genus) + -idee.] A family of dron- 
eos, named from the genus Edolius: same as 
Also formerly Edoliance. 
-edralis, < -edron, -he- 
Gr. c6pa, a seat, base, = E. settle 1 : see settle*.] 
In geom., the latter element of compound ad- 
jectives referring to solids or volumes having 
so many (x, y, etc., ' ~ 
ing 1,234 faces,' and so on. 
Edriaster (ed-ri-as'ter), n. [NL., < Gr. ifipiov, 
dim. of cdpa, a seat, + eon^j, star.] A genus 
of cystic encrinites or fossil erinoids, of the 
order Cystoidea, typical of the family Edrias- 
t(ridce. Also Edrioaster. Billings, 1858. 
edriasterid (ed-ri-as'te-rid), . One of the 
Edriasterida. Also edrioasterid. 
Edriasterida (ed"ri-as-ter'i-da), n. pi. [NL., < 
Edriaster + -ida.] An order of fossil erinoids, 
or a suborder of cystoid erinoids, represented 
by Edriaster and related genera. They are exclu- 
sively paleozoic, and in general resemble the Cystoidea. 
A pyramid is present, there are no aims or stem, and the 
ambulacra communicate by perforations with the calycine 
cavity. The shape is that of a rounded starfish or Batten- 
ed sea-urchin with a concave base. Also Edrioasterida. 
Edriasteridae (ed"ri-as-ter'i-de), n. pi. [NL., 
< Edriaster + -idee.'} A family of fossil cystoid 
erinoids or encrinites, of the order Cystoidea, 
typified by the genus Edriaster. They have m 
or stalk, and resemble in form some of the starfishes 
no arms 
s. Also 
spelled Edrioasteridce. 
Edriophthalma (ed"ri-of-thal'ma), n. pi. [NL., 
neut - V^ of edrioplithalmus : see ednophthal- 
mous.] 1. The sessile-eyed crustaceans; one of 
