Exaltation
[egzɔːl'teɪʃ(ə)n;eks-] or [,ɛɡzɔl'teʃən]
Definition
(noun.) a flock of larks (especially a flock of larks in flight overhead).
(noun.) the location of a planet in the zodiac at which it is believed to exert its maximum influence.
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Definition
(n.) The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.
(n.) The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.
(n.) That place of a planet in the zodiac in which it was supposed to exert its strongest influence.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Elevation, dignity.
Typist: Lucas
Examples
- In Holland, soon after the exaltation of the late prince of Orange to the stadtholdership, a tax of two per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Which is an obvious injustice to the memory of King Lud, and a dishonest exaltation of the virtues of King Cole. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Cries in exaltation of the well-known good physician rent the hall. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- These two men met eleven days after that rout; Alexander no doubt in the state of explanatory exaltation natural to his type during a mood of change. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She felt an intense longing to prolong, to perpetuate, the momentary exaltation of her spirit. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The daisies were scattered broadcast on the pond, tiny radiant things, like an exaltation, points of exaltation here and there. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Now the exaltation of one issue like that is obviously out of all proportion to its significance. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It was this inhuman principle in the mechanism he wanted to construct that inspired Gerald with an almost religious exaltation. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But my poor child is going through a phase of exaltation, of abhorrence of the world. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Who could surpass him in self-abhorrence and exaltation of God's cause? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Typist: Margery