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Exaltation - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Exaltation : (noun)
1: a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion;
"listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles
Dickens [syn: ecstasy, rapture, transport, 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, apotheosis]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Exaltation |
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randonmyles: Posted a new song: "Exaltation of larks" http://www.reverbnation.com/c./poni/7294524 |
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PlatinumBill: There are men in the world who derive an Exaltation from the proximity of disaster and ruin, as other from success." |
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hellotisha: Sing choirs of angels, sing in Exaltation!! ♫♪ |
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