Exaltation

1. (n.) The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.

2. (n.) The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.

3. (n.) That place of a planet in the zodiac in which it was supposed to exert its strongest influence.

Thesaurus Entries

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