exaltation (n.)

  1. a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture- Charles Dickens

    [ Syn: ecstasy , rapture , transport , raptus ]

  2. the location of a planet in the zodiac at which it is believed to exert its maximum influence

  3. a flock of larks (especially a flock of larks in flight overhead)

  4. the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)

    [ Syn: deification , apotheosis ]

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