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Definition of Exaltation

1. Noun. A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion. "Listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"

2. Noun. The location of a planet in the zodiac at which it is believed to exert its maximum influence.

3. Noun. A flock of larks (especially a flock of larks in flight overhead).

4. Noun. The elevation of a person (as to the status of a god).

Definition of Exaltation

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

2. n. An abnormal sense of personal well-being, power, or importance, - - a symptom observed in various forms of insanity.

Definition of Exaltation

1. Noun. The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation. ¹

2. Noun. The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property. ¹

3. Noun. (astrology) That placement of a planet in the zodiac in which it is deemed to exert its strongest influence. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Exaltation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Exaltation

1. 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. The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property. 3. That place of a planet in the zodiac in which it was supposed to exert its strongest influence. Origin: L. Exaltatio: cf. F.exaltation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exaltation

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exaliters exalitre exalitres exalt exaltate exaltation (current term) exaltations exalted exaltedly exaltedness

exalter exalters exalteth exalting exaltment exaltments exaltolide exaltone exalts exam

Literary usage of Exaltation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1851)
"In its pathological relation the exaltation of hearing on the paralyzed side is an almost ... On exaltation of Hearing in Paralysis of the Facial Nerve. ..."

2. Outlines of Psychology by Wilhelm Max Wundt, Charles Hubbard Judd (1897)
"In the case of complex affective and volitional processes the abnormal states of depression and exaltation are clearly distinguishable from the normal ..."

3. The Methodist Review (1887)
"They both represent the Saviour's humiliation and exaltation as mutually ... In the present connection the exaltation, therefore, is alluded to as being a ..."

4. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(c) exaltation or Hyperthymia In this state, positive feeling-tones (joy, ... Among the best examples are the exaltation of mania, and of alcohol and drug ..."

5. Unitarian Principles Confirmed by Trinitarian Testimonies: Being Selections by Octavius Brooks Frothingham, John Wilson (1880)
"... because in his name every knee must bow, and every tongue confess him to be Lord; and because the basis of this worship is his exaltation by the Father, ..."

6. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine (1909)
"CHAPTER XXVI Of the exaltation of a free spirit, which humble prayer more deserveth than doth frequent reading LORD, this is the work of a perfect man ..."

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