Hypertext Webster Gateway: "exaltation"

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

exaltation
n 1: a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion:
"listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture"- Charles
Dickens [syn: {ecstasy}, {rapture}, {transport}, {raptus}]
2: the elevation of a person to the status of a god [syn: {deification},
{apotheosis}]


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