How do you use Edifying in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like enlightening or unedifying, plus the exact meaning.
Edifying meaning
- That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs.
- That enlightens or uplifts.
Synonyms of Edifying
Using Edifying
- The main meaning on this page is: That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs. | That enlightens or uplifts.
- Useful related words include: enlightening, unedifying.
- In the example corpus, edifying often appears in combinations such as: edifying discourses, an edifying, edifying and.
Context around Edifying
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Edifying
- In this selection, "edifying" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, upbuilding, less, spiritually, discourses, process and scenes stand out and add context to how "edifying" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as spiritually edifying although its and been an edifying process. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "edifying" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with edifying
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This kind of exercise in party loyalty was edifying, and it was for the public good. (16 words)
Also written by Winters, it’s hysterical; fittingly, Winters’s Q&A was both edifying and entertaining. (17 words)
But the Edifying Discourses, though paralleling the pseudonymous works, spoke a little more directly, albeit without authority. (17 words)
On-field the Three Lions' last away game before the World Cup was a success, with Gareth Southgate's men defeating the Dutch 1-0 - the first friendly win of his tenure - but there were considerably less edifying scenes elsewhere in the city. (43 words)
According to him, the whole story assumes an allegorical meaning, with Paul intent on telling an edifying story of the downfall of the hero and his expulsion from the promised land, because of his human weakness. (36 words)
David F. Swenson first translated the works in the 1940s and titled them the Edifying Discourses; however, in 1990, Howard V. and Edna H. Hong translated the works again but called them the Upbuilding Discourses. (35 words)
Example sentences (16)
Also written by Winters, it’s hysterical; fittingly, Winters’s Q&A was both edifying and entertaining.
Russell then went on to say that the new leader would have to “rebuild the trust of Scotland” and that the election has “not been an edifying process”.
Let us participate in edifying the public, and ensure that the grassroots, the people’s representatives have seats in the public office.
No public figure better crystallises this most edifying of ages, and the terrifying implication of that is the mood music to all our lives.
But it is more edifying than Mok’s section on her “sweaty puss”, and more coherent than her account of her attraction to both men and women, which barely makes sense.
On-field the Three Lions' last away game before the World Cup was a success, with Gareth Southgate's men defeating the Dutch 1-0 - the first friendly win of his tenure - but there were considerably less edifying scenes elsewhere in the city.
This kind of exercise in party loyalty was edifying, and it was for the public good.
We learn every day, and in the end, we all decide which handshake is an edifying spectacle, and which hints at a possible profanity – even retroactive blasphemy.
According to him, the whole story assumes an allegorical meaning, with Paul intent on telling an edifying story of the downfall of the hero and his expulsion from the promised land, because of his human weakness.
But the Edifying Discourses, though paralleling the pseudonymous works, spoke a little more directly, albeit without authority.
David F. Swenson first translated the works in the 1940s and titled them the Edifying Discourses; however, in 1990, Howard V. and Edna H. Hong translated the works again but called them the Upbuilding Discourses.
He now moves from "upbuilding ( Edifying ) discourses" to "Christian discourses ", however, he still maintains that these are not " sermons ".
His commentaries, however, are not grammatical, but are full of theological and practical matter, confirming the doctrines of the Reformation, and edifying believers.
In this context, fasting is regarded by many Subud members as spiritually edifying, although its practice is not expected.
The New Testament describes tongues largely as speech addressed to God, but also as something that can potentially be interpreted into human language, thereby "edifying the hearers" (1 Cor 14:5,13).
Upbuilding (Edifying) Discourses in Various Spirits, Christian Discourses p. 213ff A sermon is about struggle with oneself about the tasks life offers one and about repentance for not completing the tasks.
Common combinations with edifying
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: