EXALTATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exaltation mean? 

• EXALTATION (noun)
  The noun EXALTATION has 4 senses:

1. a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion

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

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

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

  Familiarity information: EXALTATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXALTATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

ecstasy; exaltation; rapture; raptus; transport

Context example:

listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture

Hypernyms ("exaltation" is a kind of...):

emotional state; spirit (the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection))

Derivation:

exalt (fill with sublime emotion)

exalt (heighten or intensify)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("exaltation" is a kind of...):

celestial point (a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere))

Holonyms ("exaltation" is a part of...):

zodiac (a belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposes)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A flock of larks (especially a flock of larks in flight overhead)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("exaltation" is a kind of...):

flock (a group of birds)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

apotheosis; deification; exaltation

Hypernyms ("exaltation" is a kind of...):

worship (the activity of worshipping)

Derivation:

exalt (raise in rank, character, or status)

exalt (praise, glorify, or honor)

 Context examples 

The metre marched along on perfect feet, and the rhyme pounded a longer and equally faultless rhythm, but the glow and high exaltation that he felt within were lacking.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Such a one at Ventadour ran three courses with me betwixt daybreak and sunrise, to the great exaltation of his lady.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Losing is never an option to an Aries, and beginning March 19 the Sun will be in Aries, considered to be in exaltation meaning it is in the very best place for the Sun to be, allowing you to grow in leadership skills, so we have to add that to the equation, too.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

It crushed them into the remotest recesses of their own minds, pressing out of them, like juices from the grape, all the false ardours and exaltations and undue self-values of the human soul, until they perceived themselves finite and small, specks and motes, moving with weak cunning and little wisdom amidst the play and inter-play of the great blind elements and forces.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

In fact, I remember the placid exaltation with which I took up my position on the forward upper deck, directly beneath the pilot-house, and allowed the mystery of the fog to lay hold of my imagination.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)