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Dec 14, 2009
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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—E

Edify

is to build a house (Latin, ædes-facio); morally, to build instruction in the mind methodically, like an architect. The Scripture word edification means the building-up of “believers” in grace and holiness. St. Paul says, “Ye are God's building,” and elsewhere he carries out the figure more fully, saying—

“All the building [or body of Christians], fitly framed together, groweth unto a holy temple in the Lord.”—Eph. ii. 21.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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