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Webster 1913 Edition
Exaltation
Exˊal-ta′tion
,Noun.
[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
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Exaltation
EXALTA'TION
,Noun.
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.Definition 2024
exaltation
exaltation
English
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.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 483:
- He often stood there in a muse until dusk fell, and then darkness, while once in a while the moon, ‘in her exaltation’ as the astrologers say, rose to remind him that such worldly musings meant nothing to the hostile universe without.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 483:
- (rare) The collective noun for larks.
- 1989, Ronald K. Siegel, Intoxication: The Universal Drive for Mind-Altering Substances, Park Street Press (2009), ISBN 1594770697, page 192:
- In a sense, the editorial cartoons were correct when they suggested that an exaltation of larks can fly under the influence into an aspect of vulturous behavior.
- 2005, Lucille Bellucci, Journey from Shanghai, iUniverse (2005), ISBN 0594343732, page 83:
- “I'd like to think of my father being lifted to God in an exaltation of larks.”
- 2005, Linda Bird Francke, On the Road with Francis of Assisi: A Timeless Journey Through Umbria and Tuscany, and Beyond, Random House (2006), ISBN 9780345469663, page 232:
- It is said that an exaltation of larks, which had assembled on the roof of Francis's hut, suddenly—and inexplicably—took to the air just after sunset, wheeling and singing.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:exaltation.
- 1989, Ronald K. Siegel, Intoxication: The Universal Drive for Mind-Altering Substances, Park Street Press (2009), ISBN 1594770697, page 192:
- (medicine, archaic) An abnormal sense of personal well-being, power, or importance, observed as a symptom in various forms of insanity.