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  • -- 'Exultation' is that satisfaction of mind which springs from circumstances opposite to those just mentioned; the contrary is 'absence of exultation.'

    The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 George Thibaut 1881

  • Many of Wert's hymns were intended for performance on the feast days of saints who were prominent in the liturgy at S Barbara, and whose relics lay inside the Basilica including St John the Baptist, St Sylvester, St Adrian and, of course, St Barbara herself; Marian feasts and the Finding and Exultation of the True Cross also receive special emphasis in Wert's hymn cycle.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Lu 2009

  • James had a particular devotion to the Feast of the Exultation of the Cross September 14 and thoroughly appreciated "The Imitation of Christ".

    A Court in Exile elena maria vidal 2009

  • Here's a two-minute clip of the censing of the altar the Magnificat for the Solemn Vespers of the Exultation of the Cross at CIEL Oxford.

    CIEL Oxford: Magnificat at Solemn Tridentine Vespers Argent 2006

  • Exultation rushed through her, welled, gushed; her mind seized, then whirled on a joyous tide.

    The Ideal Bride Laurens, Stephanie 2004

  • Exultation spiked with primal, giddy fear; that's Brander and Caraco.

    Starfish 1999

  • Exultation, certainly; but very often something else.

    How Nobel Prizewinners Get That Way 1969

  • Exultation, certainly; but very often something else.

    How Nobel Prizewinners Get That Way 1969

  • Exultation bubbled up within Daoud like a desert spring.

    The Saracen: The Holy War Robert Shea 1963

  • Mule, with such an Air of Exultation and generous Hospitality, that I drank off the whole Glass in Complaisance to his good humour, though I had afterwards reason to repent it, for the Wine was very sour.

    John Adams autobiography, part 3, "Peace," 1779-1780 1961

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