All 4 Uses of
edify
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- The servants are summoned for their edification, and in front of them all stands the mother of the child.†
Chpt 5 *
- In Victor Hugo's Notre Dame de Paris an edifying and gratuitous spectacle was provided for the people in the Hotel de Ville of Paris in the reign of Louis XI. in honor of the birth of the dauphin.†
Chpt 5
- "All this as rational and edifying," said my antagonist, "and in any case you are an original person."†
Chpt 6
- Yet, in spite of these edifying memories, it would be difficult to explain the frivolity, absurdity and malice that were manifested beside the coffin of Father Zossima.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
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(edify) to instruct -- morally or intellectually