edifier (edifier)

11. One who builds; a builder. Huloet. -2. One who edifies or imparts instruction, especially in morals or religion. They scorn their edifiers t' own, Who taught them all their sprinkling le ons, Their tones and sanctify'd expre ions. S. Butler, Hudibras, I. ii. 624. edify (ed'i-fi), v.; pret. and pp. edified, ppr. edifying. [ME. edifien, edefien, And seide, "This is an hous of orisouns and of holyne e, And whenne that my wil is ich wol hit ouerthrowe, And er thre dayes after edefye hit newe." Piers Plowman (C), xix. 162. Munday, the xxvij Day of Aprill, to fferare, and ther I lay all nyght, it ys a good Cite, and well and substancially Edifyed. Torkington, Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 6. Wherein were written down The names of all who had died In the convent, since it was edified. Long fellow, Golden Legend, ii. 21. To build in or upon; cover with buildings. Long they thus traveiled in friendly wise, Through countreyes waste, and eke well edifyde , Seeking adventures hard, to exercise Their pui aunce. Spenser, F. Q., III. 1. 14. 3. To build up or increase the faith, morality, etc., of; impart instruction to, particularly in morals or religion. They that will be true ploughmen must work faithfully for God's sake, for the edifying of their brethren. Latimer, Sermon of the Plough. Comfort yourselves together and edify one another. 1 Thes. v. 11. Your help here, to edify and raise us up in a scruple. B. Jonson, Bartholomew Fair, i. 1. My little ones were kept up beyond their usual time to be edified by so much good conversation. Goldsmith, Vicar, ix. 41. To convince or persuade. You shall hardly edify me that those nations might not, by the law of nature, have been subdued by any nation that had only policy and moral virtue. Bacon , Holy War. 51. To benefit; favor. My love with words and errors still she feeds, But edifies another with her deeds. Shak., T. and C., v. 3. Mr. Edington, a Glasgow mineralogist.] A rare zeolitic mineral occurring near Dumb art on, Scotland. It is a hydrous silicate of alumin i um and barium.