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单词 exaltation
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exaltationn.

/ɛɡzɔːlˈteɪʃən/
Forms: Middle English exaltacioun, Middle English–1600s exaltacion, exaltatyon, 1500s exhaltation.
Etymology: < French exaltation, < Latin exaltātiōn-em , < exaltāre : see exalt v.
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.
c. concrete. A fanciful name for: A flight (of larks). Obsolete.
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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
figurative.1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 161 In such places the force of custome is in his exaltation.
4.
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.
b. concrete. A substance in a highly refined condition. Obsolete.
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.
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