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Definition of edifying : 1. Instructing; improving; as, an edifying conversation.
2. of Edify

Synonyms:

good, illuminative, beneficial, humanizing, healthy, educational, essential, civilizing, wholesome, illuminating, therapeutic, refining, sensible, informative, teach, instructional, well-balanced, instructive, restorative, culture, cultural, educative, healing

enlightening, drilling, indoctrinating, imbuing, instructing, instilling, training, lecturing, educating, guiding, schooling, tutoring, coaching, inculcating, teaching

Usage examples:

• They talked of dykes and windmills and cigars, the history of Holland and its constitution, the constitution of the United States and the edifying spectacle of the politics of that blessed country. - "Orientations", William Somerset Maugham.
• There he soon met with some success in edifying a few pious people who seemed gratified beyond measure by his ministrations. - "The History of the Negro Church", Carter Godwin Woodson.
• An edifying pastime for an adult woman! - "The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne", William J. Locke.