0 the improvement of the mind and understanding, especially by learning:
I tend to watch the television for pleasure rather than edification.
They are merely being filmed for the education and edification of the public.
His apparent goals were to provide his readers with pleasure and edification and also to affect their identification of him.
These words were pronounced not merely for the edification of the novice but also for the benefit of the public.
But one may still ask what makes an argument a good one, even in the more limited context of, say, edification.
The poem locates its fictional genesis in the request of the poet's friends that he write a love poem for their enjoyment and edification.
His journal entries were written for his own personal edification.
These collections were meant for serious moral guidance rather than scholarly or literary edification.
They are particularly intended for the edification of monks, nuns and clerics by means of the virtuous example of the saint.
