Exalt
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- To honor; to hold in high esteem.
- They exalted their queen.
- To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.
- The man was exalted from a humble carpenter to a minister.
Exalt is a word which means to praise, glorify, honor, intensify, or heighten. It is most often used in religious contexts.
Exalt and the related term exaltation may refer to:
- Exaltation (LDS Church), becoming like God. It also has a broader non-Latter-Day Saints theological meaning of "trance".
- Feast of the Cross, or "Exaltation of the Cross", an Orthodox Christian holiday
- Session of Christ, of "Exaltation of Christ", Christ's location at God's right hand
- Exaltation (astrology), the second strongest essential dignity of a planet
- The Exalter (Islam), one of the 99 names of Allah, God in Islam.
- Exaltation is the initiation ritual of the Holy Royal Arch Freemasonry
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