exaltment

English

Etymology

exalt +‎ -ment

Noun

exaltment (usually uncountable, plural exaltments)

1. (obsolete) exaltation
   • 1681, Isaac Barrow, A brief exposition of the Lord's prayer and the Decalogue to which is added the doctrine of the sacraments:

     As to the substance of this particular, we may consider, that sanctity implying a discrimination, a distance, an exaltment in nature or use of the thing, which is denominated thereby […]

   • 1834, J. C. Mercier, “The Painter's Progress”, in Arnold's Magazine of the Fine Arts‎^[1], volume 4:

     For of exaltments wonderous they could tell

   • 1909 [1703], Ellis Wynne, translated by Robert Gwyneddon Davies, The Visions of the Sleeping Bard‎^[2], translation of original in Welsh:

     'Oh, the same princess Pride rules them both,' answered the angel, 'this young man is only speaking fair on account of the errand he comes upon; he is seeking popularity at present, with the intent to raise himself thereby to the highest office in the kingdom – it is easy for him to lament to the people how much they are wronged by the oppression of bad masters; but his own exaltment, and not the weal of the kingdom, is the heart of the matter.'