exaltation

UK/ˌɛɡ.zɔlˈteɪ.ʃən/US/ˌɛɡ.zɔlˈteɪ.ʃən/

nounC2Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,404 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: exaltations

Exaltation is a state of intense joy, or being raised in rank. A moment of exaltation, exaltation of the humble, sheer exaltation.

The religious sense is the older, meaning being lifted up in honour, and the emotional one grew out of it. An exaltation of larks is the traditional collective noun and is the loveliest of them.

Definitions of exaltation

1nounexaltationA state of intense joy, or being raised in rank.C2
“In a moment of exaltation, she threw her arms in the air as she crossed the finish line.”

exaltation is a joy.

Where it comes from

Latin exaltatio comes from exaltare, to raise, from ex plus altus, high.

Latin
exaltātiō — exaltation, elevation
Old French
exaltacion
Middle English
exaltacioun
English, today
exaltation

Built from

exaltō · Latin — raise, elevate, exalt
ex · Latin — from, out of
altus · Latin — high

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.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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