EXALTATION

deification, exaltation, apotheosis

(noun) the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)

exaltation

(noun) a flock of larks (especially a flock of larks in flight overhead)

exaltation

(noun) the location of a planet in the zodiac at which it is believed to exert its maximum influence

ecstasy, rapture, transport, exaltation, raptus

(noun) a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; “listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture”- Charles Dickens

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

exaltation (countable and uncountable, plural exaltations)

The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.

The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.

(astrology) That placement of a planet in the zodiac in which it is deemed to exert its strongest influence.

(rare) The collective noun for larks.

(medicine, archaic) An abnormal sense of personal well-being, power, or importance, observed as a symptom in various forms of insanity.

Source: Wiktionary

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Ex`al*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. exaltatio: cf. F.exaltation.]

1. The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation. Wondering at my flight, and change To this high exaltation. Milton.

2. (Alchem.)

Definition: The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.

3. (Astrol.)

Definition: That place of a planet in the zodiac in which it was supposed to exert its strongest influence.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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