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Meanings of exaltation in English

Portuguese
enlevo
Catalan
èxtasi
Spanish
arrebatamiento

A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion.

        enlevo
        Portuguese
        apoteose
        Catalan
        divinització

        The elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)

              apoteose
              Russian
              экзальтация
              Spanish
              exaltación
              Catalan
              exaltació

              Intense sensation of well-being and enthusiasm.

                    Related terms
                    экзальтация
                    Portuguese
                    exaltação
                    Spanish
                    exaltacion de la santa cruz
                    Catalan
                    exaltació

                    Doctrine in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

                            Related terms
                            exaltação
                            Usage of exaltation in English
                            1
                            Poetry is the expression of natural feeling, in a state of exaltation.
                            The Actress in High Life / An Episode in Winter Quarters
                            2
                            It is exceedingly debased; you must be the cause of its exaltation.
                            The Promulgation of Universal Peace
                            3
                            The higher the oppressed, so much higher the self-exaltation of the oppressor.
                            The Three Brides
                            4
                            The strange look of exaltation and sacrifice burned in her faded eyes.
                            O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920
                            5
                            Everything this evening has gone to produce a certain exaltation in me.
                            Tell England / A Study in a Generation
                            6
                            The exaltation of the ecstatic devotees continued till the day he left.
                            Elizabethan Sea-Dogs: A Chronicle of Drake and His Companions
                            7
                            So he put off his exaltation, and told her the actual facts.
                            The Nebuly Coat
                            8
                            For the first time, Hiro can hear the exaltation of the crowd.
                            Snow Crash
                            9
                            The majority of the guests shared his imprudent abandon and progressive exaltation.
                            Gerfaut — Volume 4
                            10
                            None the less did he warn the victors against self-exaltation and arrogance.
                            Life of Luther
                            11
                            The exaltation of the day she rode home was coming to her.
                            Purple Springs
                            12
                            Neither was there any pharisaical self-exaltation on the part of the rival.
                            Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XV...
                            13
                            His exaltation as the Supreme was an after-thought of the inventive Brahmans.
                            Oriental Religions and Christianity / A Course of Lectures Deliv...
                            14
                            This was the first blow received since the moment of his exaltation.
                            Mr. Scarborough's Family
                            15
                            Emily passed her days at Palstrey in a state of happy exaltation.
                            Emily Fox-Seton / Being "The Making of a Marchioness" and "The M...
                            16
                            The words, coming clearly over the radio, had a note of exaltation.
                            Out Around Rigel
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                            Translations for exaltation
                            Exaltation through the time
                            Exaltation across language varieties
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                            Common
                            United States of America
                            Rare