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exalted
1. adj. Praised, or honored.
2. adj. Noble, sublime; heavenly.
3. adj. Elated; blissful.
exalt
1. v. To honor; to hold in high esteem.
They exalted their queen.
2. v. To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.
The man was exalted from a humble carpenter to a minister.
3. v. To elate, or fill with the joy of success.
4. v. (transitive, chemistry, archaic) To refine or subtilize.

Example Sentences

I must leave for Baghdad immediately, for these are great times in which to practise the exalted trade of journalism.  There are pictures of her singing to dignitaries and to the less exalted audiences who felt she was singing also for the poor, always in the black sunglasses she wore in later years to hide an eye condition.

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