Exaltation \Ex`al*ta"tion\, n. [L. exaltatio: cf. F.
exaltation.]
1. The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of
being exalted; elevation.
Wondering at my flight, and change To this high
exaltation. --Milton.
2. (Alchem.) The refinement or subtilization of a body, or
the increasing of its virtue or principal property.
3. (Astrol.) That place of a planet in the zodiac in which it
was supposed to exert its strongest influence.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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