Bible Dictionaries
Refinement

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.

(2):

(n.) That which is refined, elaborated, or polished to excess; an affected subtilty; as, refinements of logic.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Refinement'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/refinement.html. 1828.