Exaltation vs Transcendence - 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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(countable) the act of surpassing usual limits
(uncountable) the state of being beyond the range of normal perception
(uncountable) the state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity
superior excellence; supereminence
* A. V. G. Allen
Exaltation is a related term of transcendence.
As nouns the difference between exaltation and transcendence
is that exaltation is the act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation while transcendence is (countable) the act of surpassing usual limits.exaltation
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(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.
transcendence
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- The Augustinian theology rests upon the transcendence of Deity at its controlling principle.
