Edification /(?)/

Ed·i·fi·ca·tion

Edification

n.
  1. The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction.
    The assured edification of his church.
    Out of these magazines I shall supply the town with what may tend to their edification.
  2. A building or edifice. [Obs.]