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51Ralph Rucci — Born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Nationality American Education Temple University, Fashion Institute of Technology Occupation Fashion designer …
52Double-mindedness — is a concept used in the philosophy and theology of the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. Elaborating the concept in several of his edifying discourses, Kierkegaard asserts that double mindedness is a moral category that comes about by a… …
53instructive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. informative, educational, enlightening. See learning, teaching. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. illuminating, enlightening, informative; see informative . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. educational,… …
54cultural — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. educational, socializing, refining, refined, constructive, influential, nurturing, disciplining, enlightening, civilizing, advancing, instructive, humanizing, beneficial, learned, educative, edifying, illuminating,… …
55enlightening — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Promoting culture: civilizing, cultural, edifying, humanizing, refining. See CULTURE. 2. Serving to educate or inform: edifying, educational, educative, illuminative, informative, instructional, instructive.… …
56edify — /ˈɛdəfaɪ / (say eduhfuy) verb (t) (edified, edifying) to build up or increase the faith, morality, etc., of; instruct or benefit, especially morally. {Middle English edifie(n), from Old French edifier, from Latin aedificāre build} –edifier, noun… …
57unenlightening — adjective 1. failing to inform or clarify an unenlightening comment • Syn: ↑unilluminating • Ant: ↑enlightening 2. not edifying • Syn: ↑unedifying …
58MUSIC — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction written sources of direct and circumstantial evidence the material relics and iconography notated sources oral tradition archives and important collections of jewish music… …
59Disedify — Dis*ed i*fy, v. t. To fail of edifying; to injure. [R.] [1913 Webster] …
60Edification — 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.… …
