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None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the alchemy of poetry.
Edith Hamilton

Meaning of "exaltation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EXALTATION

exaltation  [ˌɛɡzɔːlˈteɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXALTATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Exaltation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EXALTATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Exalt

Exalt or exaltation may refer to: ▪ Exaltation, an essential dignity of a planet ▪ Exaltation, a belief in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ▪ Exaltation of Christ or "Session of Christ", a Christian doctrine ▪ Exaltation of the Cross or "Feast of the Cross", an Orthodox Christian holiday ▪ Exaltation, in Freemasonry, the initiation ritual into the Holy Royal Arch degree...

Definition of exaltation in the English dictionary

The first definition of exaltation in the dictionary is the act of exalting or state of being exalted. Other definition of exaltation is a feeling of intense well-being or exhilaration; elation; rapture. Exaltation is also a flock of larks.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXALTATION


accreditation
əˌkrɛdɪˈteɪʃən
adaptation
ˌædəpˈteɪʃən
alimentation
ˌælɪmɛnˈteɪʃən
citation
saɪˈteɪʃən
consultation
ˌkɒnsəlˈteɪʃən
documentation
ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən
excitation
ˌɛksɪˈteɪʃən
hesitation
ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən
implementation
ˌɪmplɪmenˈteɪʃən
interpretation
ɪnˌtɜːprɪˈteɪʃən
invitation
ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən
limitation
ˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃən
meditation
ˌmɛdɪˈteɪʃən
orientation
ˌɔːrɪɛnˈteɪʃən
presentation
ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən
rehabilitation
ˌriːəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃən
representation
ˌrɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃən
reputation
ˌrɛpjʊˈteɪʃən
rotation
rəʊˈteɪʃən
transportation
ˌtrænspɔːˈteɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXALTATION

exaggeratedly
exaggeratedness
exaggeratingly
exaggeration
exaggerative
exaggerator
exaggeratory
exahertz
exalbuminous
exalt
exalted
exaltedly
exaltedness
exalter
exam
exam board
exam paper
exam room
examen
examinability

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXALTATION

action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
duration
education
evaluation
federation
formation
foundation
generation

Synonyms and antonyms of exaltation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EXALTATION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «exaltation» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of exaltation

Translation of «exaltation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXALTATION

Find out the translation of exaltation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of exaltation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «exaltation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

升华
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

exaltación
570 millions of speakers

English

exaltation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उमंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تمجيد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

экзальтация
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

exaltação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উচ্চপদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

exaltation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengujaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Erhöhung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

昇進
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

승영
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Exaltation
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự nâng cao
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உயர்ந்தவராக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अत्यानंद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yüceltme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

esaltazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wywyższenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

екзальтація
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

exaltare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξύψωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verheffing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

upphöjelse
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

opphøyelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of exaltation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXALTATION»

The term «exaltation» is regularly used and occupies the 64.201 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXALTATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about exaltation

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10 QUOTES WITH «EXALTATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word exaltation.
1
Andre Breton
No one who has lived even for a fleeting moment for something other than life in its conventional sense and has experienced the exaltation that this feeling produces can then renounce his new freedom so easily.
2
Phillips Brooks
Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity.
3
Arthur Conan Doyle
My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.
4
Adam Ferguson
In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the many.
5
Edith Hamilton
None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the alchemy of poetry.
6
Max Heindel
It is best to be born in April or August when the life-giving Sun is in its exaltation sign Aries or Leo, its home, for then we enter the sea of life on the crest-wave and are backed in the battle of existence by an abundant fund of vim and energy.
7
Stephane Mallarme
In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation.
8
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
When a wave of love takes over a human being... such an exaltation takes him that he knows he has put his finger on the pulse of the great secret and the great answer.
9
John Ralston Saul
Humanism: an exaltation of freedom, but one limited by our need to exercise it as an integral part of nature and society.
10
George Saunders
The universal human laws - need, love for the beloved, fear, hunger, periodic exaltation, the kindness that rises up naturally in the absence of hunger/fear/pain - are constant, predictable, reliable, universal, and are merely ornamented with the details of local culture.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXALTATION»

Discover the use of exaltation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to exaltation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
An Exaltation of Forms: Contemporary Poets Celebrate the ...
Fifty poets examine the architecture of poems--from the "haiku" to rap music--and trace their history
Annie Finch, Kathrine Varnes, 2002
2
An exaltation of larks: the ultimate edition
This classic collection of collective nouns includes more than 1,100 equally pithy, and often poetic, terms - some resurrected from the Books of Venery that were the constant study of fifteenth-century gentlemen; some ("a blur of ...
James Lipton, 1993
3
Messiah and Exaltation: Jewish Messianic and Visionary ...
Andrew Chester focuses on Jewish messianic hope, intermediary figures, and visionary traditions of human transformation, particularly in the Second Temple period, and analyzes their significance for the origin and development of New ...
Andrew Chester, 2007
4
Between Exaltation and Infamy : Female Mystics in the Golden ...
The key to acceptance, he finds, lay in the orthodoxy of the woman's visions and revelations. He concludes that mysticism offered women a way to transcend, though not to disrupt, the control of the male-dominated Church.
Stephen Haliczer Distinguished Research Professor of History Northern Illinois University, 2002
5
Exaltation of the Cross: Toward the Origins of the Feast of ...
This study especially examines to what degree indigenous interpretations of the Cross, which were part of the legacy of the Hispanic and Gallican traditions in particular, continued to be preserved through the liturgical books of the early ...
Louis Tongeren, 2000
6
Heart of the Sun: An Anthology in Exaltation of Sekhmet
A feast! For those who love Sekhmet...this book is invaluable. - Michael York, author of Pagan Theology: Paganism as a World Religion. Anyone who loves Sekhmet will want to have this book on her shelf.
Edited By Candace C. Kant And Anne Key, Candace C Kant, Anne Key, 2011
7
John Dee's Occultism: Magical Exaltation through Powerful Signs
A comprehensive look at the life and work of one of the towering figures of Renaissance mysticism.
Gyorgy E. Szonyi, 2010
8
An Exaltation of Soups: The Soul-Satisfying Story of Soup, ...
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Patricia Solley, 2010
9
Blasphemy and Exaltation in Judaism: The Charge Against ...
A careful study of ancient Jewish views on blasphemy and exaltation that illuminates the charge against Jesus in Markbs gospel.
Darrell L. Bock, 2000
10
Exaltation
Diverse and inspiring meditations and prayers from UU ministers and laypeople. Beautifully illustrated. Makes an excellent gift or award.
David B. Parke, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXALTATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term exaltation is used in the context of the following news items.
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Beach Boys film Love & Mercy and The Choir reviewed by Libby …
You stop noticing that the two actors are different people: Dano carries in his face both the torment and the exaltation of the young man, and ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
South Dakota board wants more information before deciding on …
Members believe polygamy brings exaltation in heaven. Warren Jeffs, considered by the group to be a prophet who speaks for God, is serving ... «Times Colonist, Jul 15»
3
Fifty years after: War of mutual incompetence
... dust settled...and stripped of the aura of sensation", he said, particularly of his main assault forces, "exaltation gave way to disillusionment". «India Today, Jul 15»
4
Wimbledon 2015: Serena Williams and Garbiñe Muguruza Gain Final
At 2-2 and deuce, Muguruza served an ace up the middle that made her yell out in exaltation, and eventually won that game, too. Then came ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
5
Jija ruku dance declared National Cultural Heritage
... a musician known as a cajero, is celebrated from September 12 to 16 in the festival honoring the Lord of Exaltation, patron of Huancabamba. «Peru this Week, Jul 15»
6
Veteran Dan Folino leads a young cast with the chops to rock in the …
... of young adulthood, that turbulent time when ecstasy and misery almost seem interchangeable states, flip sides of the coin of exaltation." ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
7
My five nights with U2
all the lights came on bright, and it was a release valve-moment of such joy and exaltation it left most in the arena a sniffling mess. I certainly ... «Fredericksburg.com, Jul 15»
8
The Misplaced Nostalgia for Movies Like “The Graduate”
But this, too, involves looking at them with an eye that differs from the nostalgic exaltation of traditional Hollywood methods and manners. «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
9
The Confederate Flag at War (But Not the Civil War)
... control, industrial might, and technology) and Southern spirit (an “exaltation of military ideals and virtues,” including valor, duty, and honor). «The Real News Network, Jul 15»
10
Reynolds in Body-Swap Thriller Self/Less
Instead, he gets a few scenes of puppyish physical exaltation, quietly showing us how happy Damian is to play sports and jog and screw, and a ... «Miami New Times, Jul 15»

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