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.
Wondering at my flight, and change
To this high exaltation. Milton.
2. (Alchem.) The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.
3. (Astrol.) That place of a planet in the zodiac in which it was supposed to exert its strongest influence.