elevation

noun

1. 1

   The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.

   “the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation to sainthood; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character”

2. 2

   The condition of being or feeling elevated; heightened; exaltation.

3. 3

   That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station.

   “A hill is an elevation of the ground.”

4. 4

   The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude.

   “the elevation of the pole, or of a star”

5. 5

   The measured vertical distance from the peak of a mountain or hill to its bordering lowlands.

6. 6

   The angle which the gnomon makes with the substylar line.

7. 7

   The movement of the axis of a piece in a vertical plane; also, the angle of elevation, that is, the angle between the axis of the piece and the line of sight; distinguished from direction.

8. 8

   A geometrical projection of a building, or other object, on a plane perpendicular to the horizon; orthographic projection on a vertical plane; called by the ancients the orthography.

9. 9

   The raising of the host—representing Christ’s body—in a mass or Holy Communion service.