exaltation

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɛɡ.zɔlˈteɪ.ʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === exaltation (countable and uncountable, plural exaltations) 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. (astrology) That placement of a planet in the zodiac in which it is deemed to exert its strongest influence. (Mormonism) Apotheosis; becoming a god in the highest degree of glory after death. (uncommon) The collective noun for larks. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:exaltation. (medicine, archaic) An abnormal sense of personal well-being, power, or importance, observed as a symptom in various forms of insanity. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin exaltātiō. By surface analysis, exalter +‎ -ation. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛɡ.zal.ta.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === exaltation f (plural exaltations) exaltation ==== Usage notes ==== Not to be confused with exultation. === Further reading === “exaltation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012