Exaltation vs Obeisance - What's the difference?
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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,
* 2005 , Lucille Bellucci, Journey from Shanghai , iUniverse (2005), ISBN 0594343732,
* 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,
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English collective nouns
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Demonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply; a deep bow which demonstrates such an attitude.
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* 1962 , , How To Do Things With Words (OUP paperback edition), p. 69:
An obedient attitude.
Exaltation is a related term of obeisance.
As nouns the difference between exaltation and obeisance
is that exaltation is the act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation while obeisance is demonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply; a deep bow which demonstrates such an attitude.exaltation
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Noun
(en noun)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.
page 83:
- “I'd like to think of my father being lifted to God in an exaltation of larks.”
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.
obeisance
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Alternative forms
* obeisaunce, obeissance, abaisance (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
- In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore;
- Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
- But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door —
- Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door —
- Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
- The situation in the case of actions which are non-linguistic but similar to performative utterances in that they are the performance of a conventional action (here ritual or ceremonial) is rather like this: suppose I bow deeply before you; it might not be clear whether I am doing obeisance to you or, say, stooping to observe the flora or to ease my indigestion.