Meaning of exalted in English

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Classifying Adjective
exalted
Definitions
1. of high moral or intellectual value
Examples
- « elevated in nature or style »
- « an exalted ideal »
- « argue in terms of high-flown ideals- Oliver Franks »
- « a noble and lofty concept »
Synonyms
- noble
2. high or exalted in style or character
Examples
- « high drama »
Synonyms
- high

Famous quotes

« The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted. »
Jonathan Edwards
« The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water. »
John W. Gardner
« I think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession. »
Charles Schumer
« God is each truly and exalted thing, therefore the individual himself to the highest degree. But are not nature and the world individuals? »
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
« I think the term poet is a very exalted term and should be applied to a man at the end of his work. When he looks back over the body of his work and he's written poetry then let the verdict be that he's a poet. »
Leonard Cohen