Meaning

noun a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion; - Charles Dickens

noun the location of a planet in the zodiac at which it is believed to exert its maximum influence

noun a flock of larks (especially a flock of larks in flight overhead)

originFrom 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.

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