0 the improvement of the mind and understanding, especially by learning: --
I tend to watch the television for pleasure rather than edification.
Surely, we would like to do that for the edification of our own people.
We shall regard it with no more surprise and no greater edification than we regard the ordinary and more sordid incidents of everyday life.
Allen assumes that the ordinary leisured person cannot aspire to produce a groundbreaking scientific text; he or she is only a hobbyist, observing non-human nature for personal edification alone.
Nor is it clear that displaying an aestheticized, romanticized fantasy image of the poor for the edification or titillation of the sinful affluent really furthers egalitarian ideals.
The assertion that known sin should be expiated publicly for the edification of those injured by the sin is certainly consonant with traditional calls for public penance.
As part of the 'leisure' industry, classical recordings are firmly within 'serious leisure' - the kind of leisure that makes 'edification' and 'improvement' a high priority.
Like other congregations, it hosted ' lectures ' (sermons) during the week for the edification of the laity.
They are particularly intended for the edification of monks, nuns and clerics by means of the virtuous example of the saint.
