exaltation
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.
- (countable, uncountable) The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.
- (countable, uncountable) That placement of a planet in the zodiac in which it is deemed to exert its strongest influence.
- (Mormonism, countable, uncountable) Apotheosis; becoming a god in the highest degree of glory after death.
- (countable, uncommon, uncountable) The collective noun for larks.
- (archaic, countable, uncountable) An abnormal sense of personal well-being, power, or importance, observed as a symptom in various forms of insanity.
Synonyms
erst
Translations
exaltation
exaltación
esaltazione
exaltació
exaltação
εξύμνηση
geestvervoering
ÜberspanntheitPronounced as (IPA)
/ˌɛɡ.zɔl.ˈteɪ.ʃən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English exaltacioun, exaltatioun, from Old French exaltacion and Latin exaltātiō (“exaltation, elevation”), from exaltō (“raise, elevate, exalt”), from ex (“from, out of”) + altus (“high”).
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