| 释义 |
exaltedness|ɛgˈzɒltɪdnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being exalted. a. in character, mind, nature, etc.: b. in social position, rank, etc.
a.1659H. More Immort. Soul (1662) 171 The Soul of the Mother, in which there is no such measure of..exaltedness. 1742Gray Wks. (1825) II. 113 The exaltedness of some minds..may make them insensible to these light things. 1816Byron Siege Cor. xii, The stern exaltedness of zeal. 1881A. B. Bruce Chief End Revelat. iii. 132 The Divine perfection..is judged of by reference, not to the idea of grace, but rather to that of exaltedness above the world.
b.1730–6Bailey (folio), Exaltedness..height of promotion. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 375 Pride doth imitate exaltedness. |