Use the adjective exalted to describe something (or someone) that is raised in rank, value, or power. Which group has the most exalted status at your high school depends on who you ask. If you ask music kids, they may say marching band. If you ask a football player...
Raised to lofty height; elevated; extolled; refined; dignified; sublime.
Adjective S.
high or exalted in style or character; "high drama"
Adjective S.
of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept"
imp. & p. p.
of Exalt
a.
Raised to lofty height; elevated; extolled; refined;
dignified; sublime.
Exalted
Wiser far than Solomon, Of more exalted mind.
Time never fails to bring every exalted reputation to a strict scrutiny.--
Raised to lofty height; elevated; extolled; refined; dignified; sublime.
Usage Examples
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.
The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is magnified and exalted.
God is each truly and exalted thing, therefore the individual himself to the highest degree. But are not nature and the world individuals?
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Other Usage ExamplesThe old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry and war - faded into the background, and their place was taken by the refined and intimate pursuits of peace and civilization.
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.
I think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession.
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