Exaltation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Exaltation	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Exaltation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exaltation n a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; "listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles Dickens Synonym(s): ecstasy, rapture, transport, exaltation, raptus the location of a planet in the zodiac at which it is believed to exert its maximum influence a flock of larks (especially a flock of larks in flight overhead) the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god) Synonym(s): deification, exaltation, apotheosis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.