Obs. [f. as prec. + -MENT.] The action of exalting; the state of being exalted; exaltation.

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1660.  W. Secker, Nonsuch Prof., 109. As he was abased for the creatures exaltment, so he was exalted for the creatures abasement.

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a. 1677.  Barrow, Wks. (1687), I. 496. Sanctity implying … an exaltment in nature or use of the thing, which is denominated thereby.

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