Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EX-ALT-A'TION, n.

1. The act of raising high.
2. Elevation to power, office, rank, dignity or excellence.
3. Elevated state; state of greatness or dignity. I wondered at my flight, and change / To this high exaltation. Milton.
4. In pharmacy, the refinement or subtilization of bodies or their qualities and virtues, or the increase of their strength.
5. In astrology, the dignity of a planet in which its powers are increased. Johnson.