exaltation

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; - Charles Dickens
  2. noun the location of a planet in the zodiac at which it is believed to exert its maximum influence
  3. noun a flock of larks (especially a flock of larks in flight overhead)

Etymology

From Middle English exaltacioun, exaltatioun, from Old French exaltacion and Latin exaltātiō (“exaltation, elevation”), from exaltō (“raise, elevate, exalt”), from ex (“from, out of”) + altus (“high”). By surface analysis, exalt + -ation.

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Synonyms

ecstasy, rapture, transport, raptus

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