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exaltation
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/ˌɛɡ.zɔlˈteɪ.ʃən/
noun
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In plain English
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noun
A feeling of great happiness or praise.
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noun
Extra detailA feeling of happiness so intense as to be carried away by it; joyful pride bordering on ecstasy, often resulting from acclaim or triumph.
Examples
In Buddhism, having much emotion is not exaltation.
He often stood there in a muse until dusk fell, and then darkness, while once in a while the moon, ‘in her exaltation’ as the astrologers say, rose to remind him that such worldly musings meant nothing to the hostile universe without.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
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Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsThe refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.
The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.
That placement of a planet in the zodiac in which it is deemed to exert its strongest influence.
More examples
In contextThose who obtain exaltation will gain all power and thus themselves be omnipotent […]
“I'd like to think of my father being lifted to God in an exaltation of larks.”
In a sense, the editorial cartoons were correct when they suggested that an exaltation of larks can fly under the influence into an aspect of vulturous behavior.
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Origin
noun
From Middle English exaltacioun, exaltatioun, from Old French exaltacion and Latin exaltātiō (“exaltation, elevation”), from exaltō (“raise, elevate, exalt”), from ex (“from, out of”) + altus (“high”). By surface analysis, exalt + -ation.