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The term "exaltation" is deployed in literature with remarkable versatility, sometimes conveying divine glorification and other times the zenith of human emotion. In religious contexts, it signifies the raising of the soul or divinity—illustrated when sacred moments or rites, such as the exaltation of Christ and holy festivals, are recounted [1], [2]. At other times, it captures an intense emotional state, one of heightened spirit that can border on the ecstatic, yet be fleeting or even ironic—as when momentary rapture leads to subsequent self-reflection or downfall [3], [4]. Moreover, some authors use the term to critique the vanity or misplaced ambition that might come with excessive self-importance or overzealous sentiment, thereby highlighting the dual capacity of exaltation to inspire and warn [5], [6].
  1. But let the brother of low condition glory in his exaltation: 1:10.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  2. Praise to God for Christ's exaltation after his passion.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  3. I will confess, also, to a feeling of exaltation which clouded my judgment.
    — from The Gay Cockade by Temple Bailey
  4. All day long she had been in a state of wonderful exaltation; and now it was leaving—and she would not let it go.
    — from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
  5. This was fun for a while, but he essayed a cigarette in his exaltation, and succumbed to a vulgar, plebeian reaction.
    — from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  6. For who counts exaltation [Pg 28] ruin, though no sooner is the Highest forsaken than a fall is begun?
    — from The City of God, Volume II by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine

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