exaltation

Meaning

Noun

• The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.
• The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.
• That placement of a planet in the zodiac in which it is deemed to exert its strongest influence.
• The collective noun for larks.
• An abnormal sense of personal well-being, power, or importance, observed as a symptom in various forms of insanity.

Origin

• From Middle English exaltacioun, exaltatioun, from Old French exaltacion and Latin exaltātiō, from exaltō, from ex + altus.