| Edifying 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Edify. 2. (a.) Instructing; improving; as, an edifying conversation. Thesaurus Entries autodidactic, coeducational, cultural, didactic, disciplinary, educating, educational, educative, enlightening, exhortatory, homiletic, hortatory, illuminating, informative, initiatory, instructive, introductory, lecturing, preaching, preceptive, propaedeutic, self-teaching, teaching, tuitionary |