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exaltment en · NOUN

Etymology

From exalt + -ment.

Meanings

1. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) exaltation
   • For of exaltments wonderous they could tell 1834, J. C. Mercier, “The Painter's Progress”, in Arnold's Magazine of the Fine Arts, volume 4:
   • As to the substance of this particular, we may consider, that sanctity implying a discrimination, a distance, an exaltment in nature or use of the thing, which is denominated thereby […] 1681, Isaac Barrow, A brief exposition of the Lord's prayer and the Decalogue to which is added the doctrine of the sacraments:
   • 'Oh, the same princess Pride rules them both,' answered the angel, 'this young man is only speaking fair on account of the errand he comes upon; he is seeking popularity at present, with the intent to raise himself thereby to the highest office in the kingdom – it is easy for him to lament to the people how much they are wronged by the oppression of bad masters; but his own exaltment, and not the weal of the kingdom, is the heart of the matter.' 1909 [1703], Ellis Wynne, translated by Robert Gwyneddon Davies, The Visions of the Sleeping Bard, translation of original in Welsh:

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