Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Edification \Ed`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. aedificatio: cf. F.
   ['e]dification. See {Edify}.]
   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. --Bp. Hall.

            Out of these magazines I shall supply the town with
            what may tend to their edification.   --Addison.

   2. A building or edifice. [Obs.] --Bullokar.

Source : WordNet®

edification
     n : uplifting enlightenment [syn: {sophistication}]