Category:Exaltation

Ex`al*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. exaltatio: cf. F.exaltation.]

1. The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation. Wondering at my flight, and change To this high exaltation. Milton.

2. (Alchem.)

Defn: The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.

3. (Astrol.)

Defn: That place of a planet in the zodiac in which it was supposed to exert its strongest influence.