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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXALTA'TION, n. The act of raising high.
1. Elevation to power, office, rank, dignity or excellence.
2. Elevated state; state of greatness or dignity.
I wondered at my flight, and change
To this high exaltation.
3. In pharmacy, the refinement or subtilization of bodies or their qualities and virtues, or the increase of their strength.
4. In astrology, the dignity of a planet in which its powers are increased.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens [syn: ecstasy, rapture, transport, exaltation, raptus]
2: the location of a planet in the zodiac at which it is believed to exert its maximum influence
3: a flock of larks (especially a flock of larks in flight overhead)
4: the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god) [syn: deification, exaltation, apotheosis]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century 1. an act of exalting ; the state of being exalted 2. an excessively intensified sense of well-being, power, or importance 3. an increase in degree or intensity <exaltation of virulence of a virus>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the act or an instance of exalting; the state of being exalted. 2 elation; rapturous emotion. Etymology: ME f. OF exaltation or LL exaltatio (as EXALT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Exaltation Ex`al*ta"tion, n. (Med.) An abnormal sense of personal well-being, power, or importance, -- a symptom observed in various forms of insanity.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Exaltation Ex`al*ta"tion, n. [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.) The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property. 3. (Astrol.) That place of a planet in the zodiac in which it was supposed to exert its strongest influence.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Exaltation is an intense feeling of great happiness. (FORMAL) The city was swept up in the mood of exaltation. = exhilaration see also exalt

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Elevation, dignity, loftiness, nobility, dignity, grandeur.

Moby Thesaurus

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