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"text": "the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation to sainthood; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character"
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"ref": "1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 362",
"text": "Since our sins caused God's presence to withdraw above the \"seven heavens,\" we pray that our prayers may rise through the seven layers and reach the Almighty in the eighth elevation.",
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"text": "A hill is an elevation of the ground."
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"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "visóčina",
"sense": "distance of a celestial object above the horizon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "висо́чина"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "distance of a celestial object above the horizon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "elevação"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "A measured vertical distance",
"word": "tairanga"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane",
"word": "korkeus"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Erhöhung"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alçat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"note": "from the front",
"sense": "architecture",
"word": "nárys"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"note": "from a side",
"sense": "architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bokorys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "architecture",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "élévation"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Aufriss"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "architecture",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ansicht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "architecture",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Profil"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alzato"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "architecture",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alçado"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "raising of the host",
"word": "elevaatio"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "raising of the host",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Elevation"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "raising of the host",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "podniesienie"
}
],
"word": "elevation"
}
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