\El`e*va"tion\, n. [L. elevatio: cf. F.
['e]l['e]vation.]
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.; as, the elevation of grain;
   elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or
   character.
2. Condition of being elevated; height; exaltation. ``Degrees
   of elevation above us.'' --Locke.
         His style . . . wanted a little elevation. --Sir H.
                                               Wotton.
3. That which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or
   station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.
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.
5. (Dialing) The angle which the style makes with the
   substylar line.
6. (Gunnery) 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 o? sight;
   -- distinguished from direction.
7. (Drawing) 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.
{Angle of elevation} (Geodesy), the angle which an ascending
   line makes with a horizontal plane.
{Elevation of the host} (R. C. Ch.), that part of the Mass in
   which the priest raises the host above his head for the
   people to adore.