EXALTATION


Meaning of EXALTATION in English

/eg'zawl tay"sheuhn, ek'sawl-/ , n.

1. the act of exalting.

2. the state of being exalted.

3. elation of mind or feeling, sometimes abnormal or morbid in character; rapture: mystical exaltation; euphoric exaltation.

4. Chiefly Brit. a flight of larks.

5. Astrol. the sign of the zodiac in which the most positive influence of a planet is expressed (opposed to fall ).

6. Chem. (formerly) the process of subliming.

[ 1350-1400; ME exaltacioun exaltation- (s. of exaltatio ). See EXALT, -ATION ]

Syn. 3. exultation, transport, euphoria. See ecstasy .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .