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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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Wondering at my flight, and change
To this high exaltation. --Milton.
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2. (Alchem.) The refinement or subtilization of a body, or
the increasing of its virtue or principal property.
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3. (Astrol.) That place of a planet in the zodiac in which it
was supposed to exert its strongest influence.
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4. (Med.) An abnormal sense of personal well-being, power, or
importance, -- a symptom observed in various forms of
insanity.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exaltation
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}]
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