Exaltation

Quick meaning: Exaltation is a noun meaning The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.

Meaning

The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.

More Meanings

1. The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.
2. (astrology) That placement of a planet in the zodiac in which it is deemed to exert its strongest influence.
3. (Mormonism) Apotheosis; becoming a god in the highest degree of glory after death.
4. (uncommon) The collective noun for larks.
5. (medicine, archaic) An abnormal sense of personal well-being, power, or importance, observed as a symptom in various forms of insanity.

Example Sentences

“I'd like to think of my father being lifted to God in an exaltation of larks.”

Those who obtain exaltation will gain all power and thus themselves be omnipotent […]

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.

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.

Word Forms

• exaltations

Synonyms for exaltation

Depending on context, synonyms include apotheosis, ecstasy, deification, transport, rapture.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rapture, ecstasy, deification, apotheosis, transport, glorification.

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