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Definition of Edifies
1. edify [v] - See also: edify
Lexicographical Neighbors of Edifies
Literary usage of Edifies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works by Jean Calvin, Calvin translation society (1848)
"the kind of advantage—when it edifies, for we must not have respect merely to
the advantage of the flesh. “What then?' Does a thing that is in other ..."
2. English Seals by James Harvey Bloom (1906)
"Crows Svo. 6:. THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW. Illustrated. Third edifies. Crows Soc.
... Fourth edifies.. Crw. See. S.. A COUNSEL OF PERFECTION, New Edifice. ..."
3. The Works of the Rev. William Bridge by William Bridge (1845)
"that it is said concerning love, that it edifies;" knowledge puffeth up, but
charity (or love) edifies." Knowledge, that is, the gift of knowledge, ..."
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