exaltation

Noun

WordNet 3.0

a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion“listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture — Charles Dickens”Synonyms: ecstasy rapture transport raptus
the location of a planet in the zodiac at which it is believed to exert its maximum influence
a flock of larks (especially a flock of larks in flight overhead)
the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)Synonyms: deification apotheosis

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

1.The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation. [1913 Webster]

Wondering at my flight, and change To this high exaltation.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.(Alchem.) The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property. [1913 Webster]

3.(Astrol.) That place of a planet in the zodiac in which it was supposed to exert its strongest influence. [1913 Webster]

4.(Med.) An abnormal sense of personal well-being, power, or importance, -- a symptom observed in various forms of insanity. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]