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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [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}] 2: the elevation of a person to the status of a god [syn: {deification}, {apotheosis}]
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