单词 | exaltation |
释义 | exaltationn. The action of exalting; the fact or state of being exalted. 1. a. In physical sense: The action of lifting up or raising on high; the state of being lifted up, or set in a high position. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun] highing?c1225 heavinga1300 hancinga1382 arearing1382 hainingc1440 enhancing1490 elevation1526 raise1538 elation1578 heightening1598 raisure1613 exaltation1616 sublation1623 elevating1648 sublevation1663 upraising1839 uprearing1853 upsetting1882 updraw1912 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale xi. 278 He comes: whose horse fomed the seas invndation, as th' rider felt him on owne exaltation. 1686 A. Horneck Crucified Jesus xvi. 403 Lift me up from the earth, that I may relish the comfort of thy exaltation. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. I. ix. 413 When the sun is at it's greatest exaltation in summer. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. viii. 265 [Glacier] tables..a limit is placed to their exaltation by the following circumstance. b. Exaltation of the Cross: a feast observed on September 14th (see quot. 1884). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Exaltation of Cross (14 September) > [noun] Holy Rood daya1225 Exaltation of the Cross1389 holy rooda1425 Rood Day1496 Roodmas1526 Roodsmas1622 Holy Cross day1662 rood1814 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 54 Ye exaltacion of ye holy crouche. 1520 Chron. Eng. v. f. 60v/1 Than was the feest of the exaltacyon of the crosse made. 1700 J. Tyrrell Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 770 Thursday after the Exaltation of the Cross in September. 1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. at Cross The ‘Exaltation of the Cross’ was celebrated from ancient times in memory of the miraculous apparition which Constantine saw in the year 317..The day was afterwards kept with greater solemnity, when after the victory over the Persians in 627, Heraclius recovered the true cross. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Alaudidae > genus Alauda > alauda arvensis (lark) > a flight of exaltationc1430 exalting1486 c1430 J. Lydgate Horse, Goose & Sheep (1822) 30 A exaltacion of larkes. 1824 J. Macculloch Highlands & W. Isles III. 407 I have never spoken of ‘an exaltation of larks’. 1883 Standard 26 Sept. 5/1 Every one with any pretence to be gentle-folk spoke of..an exaltation of larks. 2. In non-material sense: a. Elevation in authority, dignity, power, station, wealth, etc.; esp. the elevation of a sovereign to a throne. †Also occasionally An exalted position; elevated rank. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > [noun] glorifyinga1340 augmentation?a1439 exaltation1490 erection1503 glorification1549 nobilitatinga1552 sublimating1559 ennobling1596 augmention1605 nobilitation1610 stellifyinga1612 engreateningc1614 superexaltation1618 subliminga1626 stellation1635 aggrandization1649 stellification1650 engrandizinga1652 aggrandizement1656 exaltment1660 apotheosis1738 princification1865 ennoblement1871 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos vii. 33 The place where hir glorye and exaltacion ought to be..manyfested. 1539 C. Tunstall Serm. Palme Sondaye (1823) 15 Here it is to be noted, that God gaue to Christe his exaltation, as to man, and not as to god. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 72 Ye haue presumed thus to stande against the exaltation of this oure souereigne. 1611 Bible (King James) Judith xvi. 8 The exaltation of those that were oppressed. View more context for this quotation a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 357 Though faith be of an infinite exaltation above understanding. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. ii. 268 The Exaltation of this Pope happen'd upon Ascension day. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 45 Like that of Joseph's Brethren, when he..told them the Story of his Exaltation in Pharaoh's Court. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1772 I. 375 A master..is in his highest exaltation when he is loco parentis. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xiii. 88 The Reformation in their minds was associated with the exaltation of base blood. b. Elation of feeling; a state of rapturous emotion; an undue degree of pleasurable excitement. Also Pathology (see quot. 1884). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [noun] exaltationa1513 exhilaration1626 gusto1629 gust1635 warmth1749 zest1758 the mind > emotion > excitement > inspiration > [noun] onesprutea1400 exaltationa1513 raisedness1645 inspiration1651 exaltedness1816 duende1956 the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rapture or ecstasy > [noun] ravishment1477 exaltationa1513 ecstasy1526 enragement1596 rapture1598 trance1598 transportation1617 raptery1640 enravishment1656 transport1658 rapturousnessa1687 sublimation1816 raptus1845 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccvi. f. cxxviiv In tyme of whiche Exaltacion of his mynde, he..charged the water that he shulde flowe no hygher. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4351/1 We want Words to express the Exaltation it has rais'd in us, to see Your Majesty's unwearied Endeavours..crown'd with such..Success. 1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 159 I knew a man in a certain religious exaltation, who ‘thought it an honor to wash his own face’. 1874 H. Maudsley Respons. in Mental Dis. vii. 234 There was nothing particularly noticeable in him except..a condition of exaltation in the spring. 1884 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Exaltation, the immoderate increase of the action of an organ. c. An extolling, a laudation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] > an instance, act, or expression of commendation1535 good words1535 suffrage1566 commend1606 exalt1607 commendatory1641 exaltation1650 back-pat1894 cheerleading1902 rave1926 rap1939 bouquet1955 1650 T. Hubbert Pilula 190 Your praises, and exaltations of free grace. d. The raising to a lofty point of excellence; exalted degree; an exalted manifestation. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > causing excellence exaltation1656 exaltment1660 1656 A. Cowley Brutus in Pindaric Odes ii Th' Heroick Exaltations of Good, Are so far from Understood, We count them Vice. 1668 G. Rust Funeral Serm. Bp. Taylor 4 Those Heavenly Bodies..are fit..instruments for the Soul in its highest Exaltations. a1694 J. Tillotson Serm. i, in Wks. (1714) 4 In God all Perfections in their highest degree and exaltation meet together. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 1 The degree of civilisation of any people corresponds with the exaltation of the idea which is the most prevalent among that people. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 12 That chivalrous spirit..was found in the highest exaltation among the Norman nobles. 1883 Christian Commonw. 6 Dec. 174/1 Is this exaltation of the ideal of life an evil? e. Augmentation in degree or intensity. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > increase in intensity intention1603 intension1610 exasperation1633 exaltation1729 intensation1826 intensification1864 richening1881 hotting-up1940 1729 W. Law Serious Call v. 75 The refinement, and exaltation of our best faculties. 1850 W. R. Grove On Correlation Physical Forces (ed. 2) 80 We obtain an indefinite exaltation of chemical power. 1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. ii. 172 The skin is therefore marked by a great exaltation of the common sensibility of the body. f. Of prices: A rise. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [noun] > (an) increase in price enhancing1490 hoising1568 enhancement1577 advance1642 rise1645 inflammation1821 exaltation1866 raise1883 surpreciation1884 bulge1890 up1897 hike1931 uplift1949 1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xxi. 536 The last two years being affected by the exaltation in the price. 1884 J. E. T. Rogers Six Cent. Work & Wages 22 Quite as great is the exaltation in the price of millstones. 3. Astrology. The place of a planet in the zodiac in which it was considered to exert its greatest influence. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [noun] > influence > planet as > situation of > dignity exaltationc1386 dignityc1400 fortitudea1549 hayne1647 c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 41 Phebus the sonne..was neigh his exaltacioun. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) viii. ix. 307 The sonne hath his vertue and exaltacion in the eyghteenth gree of Aries. 1639 J. Fletcher et al. Bloody Brother iv. ii. sig. G*3v Mars his Gaudium, rising in th' ascendant, And join'd with Libra too, the house of Venus, And Juniu Cœli, Mars his exaltation in the seventh house. a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) ii. ii. 65 Shee in her Exaltation, and he in his Triplicite trine, and face, assure a fortunate combination to Hymen. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The fifteenth Degree of Cancer, is the Exaltation of Jupiter, according to Albumazar. 1819 J. Wilson Compl. Dict. Astrol. (at cited word) The original meaning of the planets' exaltations seems to have been unknown in the time of Ptolemy. 1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 119 Your exaltations and triplicities, Fiery, airy, and the rest. a. In the older chemistry and physiology: The action or process of refining or subliming; the bringing a substance to a higher degree of potency or purity; an instance of the same. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > refining or exaltation exaltation1471 1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy x, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 178 Exaltacion, Full lyttyl yt ys dyfferent from Sublymacyon. 1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health iii. f. 176 Let the exhaltacion of the vineger be after done on a soft fyre. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 184 Exaltation is euaporation of the impure humour. 1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ 107 The Chyle it self..receiving yet farther exaltations. 1686 W. Harris tr. N. Lémery Course Chym. (ed. 2) ii. v. 392 Tincture of Cinnamon..is an exaltation of the more oily parts of Cinnamon in Spirit of wine. 1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 8 Salts, most capable of Exaltation, wrapped up in a small Portion of Phlegm. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Tis this Exaltation of the sulphureous Part in the Straw-berries, that gives them their agreeable, vinous Tast. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > [noun] > essence or essential principle quintessencea1475 alcohol1590 tincture1612 potestas1683 exaltation1686 1686 W. Harris tr. N. Lémery Course Chym. (ed. 2) i. xx. 353 Flower of Sulphur..is an exaltation of Sulphur. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1386 |
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