exaltment

plural exaltments

1. obsoleteuncountableusuallyexaltation

   For of exaltments wonderous they could tell

   1834, J. C. Mercier, “The Painter's Progress”, in Arnold's Magazine of the Fine Arts, volume 4

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   As to the substance of this particular, we may consider, that sanctity implying a discrimination, a distance, an exaltment in nature or use of the thing, which is denominated thereby […]

   1681, Isaac Barrow, A brief exposition of the Lord's prayer and the Decalogue to which is added the doctrine of the sacraments

   'Oh, the same princess Pride rules them both,' answered the angel, 'this young man is only speaking fair on account of the errand he comes upon; he is seeking popularity at present, with the intent to raise himself thereby to the highest office in the kingdom – it is easy for him to lament to the people how much they are wronged by the oppression of bad masters; but his own exaltment, and not the weal of the kingdom, is the heart of the matter.'

   1909 [1703], Ellis Wynne, translated by Robert Gwyneddon Davies, The Visions of the Sleeping Bard, translation of original in Welsh