EDIFICATORY
Ed"i*fi*ca`to*ry, a.
Defn: Tending to edification. Bp. Hall.
EDIFICE
Ed"i*fice, n. Etym: [L. aedificium, fr. aedificare: cf. F. édifice.
See Edify.]
Defn: A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; — chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehouse.
EDIFICIAL
Ed`i*fi"cial, a. Etym: [L. aedificialis.]
Defn: Pertaining to an edifice; structural.
EDIFIER
Ed"i*fi`er, n.
1. One who builds. [Obs.]
2. One who edifies, builds up, or strengthens another by moral or religious instruction.
EDIFY
Ed"i*fy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Edified; p. pr. & vb. n. Edifying.]
Etym: [F. édifier, L. aedificare; aedes a building, house, orig., a
fireplace (akin to Gr. idh to kindle, OHG. eit funeral pile, AS. ad,
OIr. aed fire) + facere to make. See Fact, -fy.]