Ĕl'e-vā'tion, n.
n. [Lat. elevatio, Fr. élévation, Pr. elevacio, Sp. elevacion, It. elevazione.]
Sense 1. The act of raising from a lower place to a higher; — said of material things, persons, the character, the voice, and the like; as, the elevation of grain or goods; elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or ideas; elevation of voice.
Sense 2. The condition of being lifted or elevated; exaltation. “Degrees of elevation above us.” Locke.
His style . . . wanted a little elevation. Wotton.
Sense 3. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.
Sense 4. (Astron.) The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude; as, the elevation of the pole, or of a star.
Sense 5. (Dialing.) The angle which the style makes with the substylæ line.
Sense 6. (Gunnery.) The angle which the line of direction of a cannon or mortar, or the axis of the hollow cylinder, makes with the plane of the horizon.
Sense 7. (Arch.) A geometrical projection, as of a machine, building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon. Gwilt.
Elevation of the host (Rom. Cath. Church), that part of the mass in which the priest raises the host above his head for the people to adore.