"exaltation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌɛɡ.zɔl.ˈteɪ.ʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-exaltation.wav [Southern-England] Forms: exaltations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|exaltacioun}} Middle English exaltacioun, {{m|enm|exaltatioun}} exaltatioun, {{der|en|fro|exaltacion}} Old French exaltacion, {{der|en|la|exaltātiō|t=exaltation, elevation}} Latin exaltātiō (“exaltation, elevation”), {{m|la|exaltō||raise, elevate, exalt}} exaltō (“raise, elevate, exalt”), {{m|la|ex||from, out of}} ex (“from, out of”), {{m|la|altus||high}} altus (“high”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} exaltation (countable and uncountable, plural exaltations)
  1. The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of exalting or raising high): възхвала (vǎzhvala) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Erhöhen [neuter] (German), Erhöhung [feminine] (German), 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (hauheins) [feminine] (Gothic), felmagasztalás (Hungarian), magasztalás (Hungarian), felemelés (note: in the literal sense) (Hungarian), شرف (šaraf) (Persian)
    Sense id: en-exaltation-en-noun-eVZoa5YC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 1 11 27 19 17 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 1 14 28 17 15 Disambiguation of 'the act of exalting or raising high': 92 1 2 3 2 1
  2. The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-exaltation-en-noun-LjHqJVHu
  3. (astrology) That placement of a planet in the zodiac in which it is deemed to exert its strongest influence. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Astrology
    Sense id: en-exaltation-en-noun-a~IbR-vy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 1 11 27 19 17 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 1 14 28 17 15 Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
  4. (Mormonism) Apotheosis; becoming a god in the highest degree of glory after death. Tags: Mormonism, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mormonism
    Sense id: en-exaltation-en-noun-p0owqYE- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 1 11 27 19 17 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 1 14 28 17 15
  5. (uncommon) The collective noun for larks. Tags: countable, uncommon, uncountable
    Sense id: en-exaltation-en-noun-yyhA2W0G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 1 11 27 19 17 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 1 14 28 17 15
  6. (medicine, archaic) An abnormal sense of personal well-being, power, or importance, observed as a symptom in various forms of insanity. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-exaltation-en-noun-EYIX-EvH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 1 11 27 19 17 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 1 14 28 17 15 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: self-exaltation

Noun [French]

IPA: /ɛɡ.zal.ta.sjɔ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-0x010C-exaltation.wav Forms: exaltations [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin exaltātiō. By surface analysis, exalter + -ation. Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|la|exaltātiō}} Learned borrowing from Latin exaltātiō, {{surface analysis|fr|exalter|-ation}} By surface analysis, exalter + -ation Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} exaltation f (plural exaltations)
  1. exaltation Wikipedia link: fr:exaltation Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-exaltation-fr-noun-SXVBn~VG Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -ation

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2023, The Most Influential Women in History",
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          "ref": "2005, Lucille Bellucci, Journey from Shanghai, iUniverse, published 2005, page 83",
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    },
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        "feminine"
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        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
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      "word": "felemelés"
    },
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šaraf",
      "sense": "the act of exalting or raising high",
      "word": "شرف"
    }
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}

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        "French learned borrowings from Latin",
        "French lemmas",
        "French nouns",
        "French terms borrowed from Latin",
        "French terms derived from Latin",
        "French terms suffixed with -ation",
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        "French terms with audio links"
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