exaltation 
ex·al·ta·tion (eg′zôl tā′s̸hən)
noun
- an exalting or being exalted
- a feeling of great joy, pride, power, etc.; elation; rapture
Etymology: ME exaltacioun < LL(Ec) exaltatio
exaltation
n.
Preposition: of
- planet: All aspects are in this chart and it matches exactly the exaltations of the planets.
Converse of object
- call: Incidentally two or more skylarks are very appropiately called an exaltation!
Adjective modifier
- own: Eliza expresses her own towering exaltation in I Could Have Danced All Night.
- spiritual: The dark night of the new moon, associated with the black complexion of Kali, the Divine Mother, intensified his spiritual exaltation.
- present: He found the light of his present exaltation reflected in the face of the girl.
- extreme: An extreme exaltation of differences clashes with this fundamental truth.
- undue: Indeed, this undue exaltation of the state authority curiously enough postulates a sort of servitude, of slavishness on the part of man.
- mystical: The Orthodox Church offers a characteristic mix of monkish asceticism, mystical exaltation, and a special cult of beauty.
Modifies a noun
- ruler: Does the exaltation ruler influence the house under consideration?
- degree: Fagan's greatest achievement, the solution of the exaltation degrees, is even older ( 786 BC ).
- point: In it he delves into lunar eclipses and goes into the exaltation point of the moon astrologically.
Preposition: in
- sign: The Sun has rulership and exaltation in fire signs ( Leo and Aries ).
The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as in poetry.
The function of poetry is religious invocation of the Muse; its use is the experience of mixed exaltation and horror that her presence excites.
In all directions stretched the Great Australian Emptiness, in which the mind is the least of possessionsand the march of material ugliness does not raise a quiver from the average nerves. It was the exaltation of the'average'that made me panic most.
L'alcool est le monarque des liquides, et porte au dernier degre¤ l'exaltation palatale. Alcohol is the prince of liquids, and carries the palate to its highest pitch of exaltation.
Amid the wreck and the misery of nations it is our just exaltation that we have continued superior to all that ambition or despotism could effect; and our still higher exaltation ought to be that we provide not only for our own safety but hold out a prospect for nations now bending under the yoke of tyranny of what the exertions of a free people can effect.
Toda la cristiandad debe tomar alegr|¤a y hacer grandes fiestas, y dar gracias solemnes a la SantaTrinidad, con muchas oraciones solemnes por el tanto ensalzamiento que habra¤ n, en torna¤ ndose tantos pueblos a nuestra Santa Fe, y despue¤ s por los bienes temporales que no solamente a la Espan a, mas a todos los cristianos tendra¤ n aqu |¤ refigerio y ganancia. All Christendom ought to feel joyful and make great Compton-Burnett celebrations and give solemn thanks to the HolyTrinity with many solemn prayers for the great exaltation which it will have, in the turning of so many people to our holy faith, and afterwards for material benefits, since not only Spain but all Christians will hence have refreshment and profit.
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