Edification in a sentence as a noun

Not to challenge you, but for my own edification, do you have sources for that?

I am super interested in my health and fitness but for my own edification, not to broadcast it to the world.

Life's too short; do things for your own edification and satisfaction, not for the praise or recognition of others.

For future reference and edification: "for all intensive purposes" => "for all intents and purposes.

After all, they voluntarily act as the world's test tube, running bad economic experiments for the edification of the rest of us.

The immediate purpose of education is seen as a means of securing your future rather than for the purpose of edification.

How can anyone argue that isn't explicit, obvious coercion?To put it another way, the comments on HN are for the service and edification of the members of HN.

I thought about trying to do it in C++ for edification/pedagogical purposes but it's an absolutely brutal mess of templates and hackery.

I still open source pretty much everything I do, but usually with a big fat "for your edification, don't expect any support or ongoing development" disclaimer.

I even wrote a small sample framework for my own edification that uses a module pattern, url routing, and global events for intra-module communication but explicitly stays away from trying to replicate models and views.

I know you're kidding, but for the edification of anyone wondering why the normal route looks longer than the current route:Lines on maps are not accurate representations of the shortest distance between the points, because maps are 2d representations of a 3d globe.

For me, the tablet form factor seems to be recognizing a truth that's still emerging, although it's inevitable: much of the time I used to spend reading books and magazines and newspapers for fun or personal edification I'm now spending reading those things or their equivalents on the Internet.

Edification definitions

noun

uplifting enlightenment

See also: sophistication