The congregation gathered every Sunday to hear their pastor's edifying message. From LearnThat.org.
Verb (used with object), : religious paintings that edify the viewer. From Dictionary.com.
There are however circumstances, I argue, where the use of invective and insult, if not edifying, is at least justifiable. From Wordnik.com. [Sunday Salon: Negative Reviews, nasty Responses] Reference
They are very nice examples of the gothic form, employing noble materials, good colour and detailing, and in edifying proportions. From Wordnik.com. [Solemn Mass at Ss. Gregory and Augustine Oratory, St. Louis Abbey] Reference
I agree with Frank on this. one can hardly call the edifying aspects of reading a by-product. From Wordnik.com. [I'm not so sure ...] Reference
They are not intended to be "edifying", properly speaking, but in these matters degree is a matter of taste. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference
(2Ti 2: 21). to the subverting -- sure to subvert (overturn) the hearers: the opposite of "edifying" (building up) (2Co 13: 10). From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Still less edifying, our tragedy has assumed comic overtones. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Brenner: Ode to a Dying God] Reference
High-Church sentiment, which at last proved so edifying to the. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873] Reference
Either way, it was not one of capitalism's more edifying moments. From Wordnik.com. [What Goes Around] Reference
What an edifying picture of the state of the high and low clergy of. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
The vast majority of adolescents 'online activity ranges from edifying to harmless. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret Life Of Teens] Reference
But it is also edifying, strengthening, comforting to those who are wholly the Lord's. From Wordnik.com. [When the Holy Ghost is Come] Reference
Or can the Fairy Tale justify her popularity with truly edifying and educational results?. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
Mr. GERSON: Well, I'm afraid that this debate has not been a particularly edifying debate. From Wordnik.com. [Speaking Freely About Religious Freedom] Reference
The disparity between the competitors will doubtless be very amusing, as well as edifying. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3] Reference
This is surprisingly edifying: even softly spoken, his words are powerful with narrative and rhythm. From Wordnik.com. [People Get Ready] Reference
Later I noticed that Elizabeth Gilbert had kindly given him a blurb: "honest, edifying, and moving.". From Wordnik.com. [Sandip Roy: Eat, Pray, Love: aka I, Me, Myself] Reference
The unequivocal success of Operation Desert Storm was every bit as edifying to the nation's military. From Wordnik.com. [The Military's New Image] Reference
And it was considered much more fulfilling, or much more edifying, to tell people about Bach and Beethoven. From Wordnik.com. [Pianist Returns to Cuba's Forbidden Music] Reference
Nothing is more admirable or edifying than the advice she gave the Sisters before sending them on missions. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois] Reference
At the close of the edifying ceremony the Associates assembled at the Hotel de Lanzon to hold their first meeting. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois] Reference
It also has an unfashionable premise: that what is morally edifying for a film's viewer may practically aid its subject. From Wordnik.com. [A Festival Or Homework?] Reference
Ruiyan Xu's The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai is perhaps a more edifying exploration of the limits of language. From Wordnik.com. [Debut fiction: Quilt by Nicholas Royle; The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai by Ruiyan Xu; The World Beneath by Cate Kennedy] Reference
Stendhal visited Florence in 1817: maybe he was suffering Grand Tour pressure to have a properly edifying travel experience. From Wordnik.com. [Art Attack] Reference
They're edifying and staged with an apt sobriety by Kent (Indhu Rubasingham and Rachel Grunwald are the other able directors). From Wordnik.com. ['Great Game: Afghanistan' takes an exhaustive look at a much fought-over land] Reference
Like the rest of Band of Joy, it feels more edifying than a Led Zep reunion, not just for the guy singing on it, but the listener. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Plant: Band of Joy] Reference
She loves preaching better then praying, and of preachers, lecturers; and thinks the week day's exercise far more edifying than the. From Wordnik.com. [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference
I find it much more edifying to read a good book or (gasp!) talk to real people than to build a simulated "life" on a computer game. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Living With Technology @Home &Amp; @Pl] Reference
If one could get a sight of any dozen, taken at random, after all, I warrant there would be some curious if not edifying reading there. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873] Reference
These dignified dupes are more than usually active at the present time; and the gravity of their speech is as edifying as its emptiness. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference
That's hardly an edifying example for the post-communist states struggling to cut their budget deficits in order to qualify for euro membership. From Wordnik.com. [REPORT CARD ON UNITY] Reference
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. From Wordnik.com. [An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism] Reference
Sacraments, under the guidance of ecclesiastical superiors, with whom they were to share the glory and merit of instructing and edifying the faithful. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois] Reference
They have tried to force themselves into unnatural positions, and the consequence has been about as pleasing and edifying as an attempt to make a goose sing. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
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