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Exaltation vs Nobility - What's the difference?

exaltation | nobility | Synonyms |

As nouns the difference between exaltation and nobility

is that exaltation is the act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation while nobility is a noble or privileged social class, historically accompanied by a hereditary title; aristocracy.

exaltation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.
  • The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.
  • (astrology) That placement of a planet in the zodiac in which it is deemed to exert its strongest influence.
  • *1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 483:
  • *:He often stood there in a muse until dusk fell, and then darkness, while once in a while the moon, ‘in her exaltation ’ as the astrologers say, rose to remind him that such worldly musings meant nothing to the hostile universe without.
  • (rare) The collective noun for larks.
  • * 1989 , Ronald K. Siegel, Intoxication: The Universal Drive for Mind-Altering Substances , Park Street Press (2009), ISBN 1594770697, page 192:
  • In a sense, the editorial cartoons were correct when they suggested that an exaltation of larks can fly under the influence into an aspect of vulturous behavior.
  • * 2005 , Lucille Bellucci, Journey from Shanghai , iUniverse (2005), ISBN 0594343732, page 83:
  • “I'd like to think of my father being lifted to God in an exaltation of larks.”
  • * 2005 , Linda Bird Francke, On the Road with Francis of Assisi: A Timeless Journey Through Umbria and Tuscany, and Beyond , Random House (2006), ISBN 9780345469663, page 232:
  • It is said that an exaltation of larks, which had assembled on the roof of Francis's hut, suddenly—and inexplicably—took to the air just after sunset, wheeling and singing.
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    nobility

    Noun

  • A noble or privileged social class, historically accompanied by a hereditary title; aristocracy.
  • (uncountable) The quality of being noble.
  • Synonyms

    * (class) aristocracy, upper class * (quality) nobleness