re-edifiˈcation
[a. OF. reedification (14th c.) or med.L. reædificātiōn-em, n. of action f. reædificāre to re-edify.]
The action of rebuilding or the state of being rebuilt. Now rare or Obs.
| 1473 Rolls of Parlt. VI. 94/2 The reparations and reedifications of the houses..within the Toune. 1538 Leland Itin. (1768) III. 125 The Toun was compellid to help to the Reedification of it. 1597 Beard Theatre God's Judgem. (1612) 534 That rich and renowned Citie..after her reedification to be debased into so low.. an estate. 1651 Hobbes Leviath. iii. xxxiii. 202 The re-edification of the walls and houses of Jerusalem. 1726 J. Dart (title-p.) The History..of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury,..Containing, An Account of its First Establishment, Building, Re-edifications [etc.]. 1796 Jefferson Writ. (1859) IV. 134, I have begun the demolition of my house, and hope to get through its re-edification in the course of the summer. 1815 Wraxall Hist. Mem. I. 68 Its re-edification..and improvement in every sense, occupied his capacious mind. |