elevation

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

elevation to a throne

elevation to sainthood

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

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

A hill is an elevation of the ground.

Since our sins caused God's presence to withdraw above the "seven heavens," we pray that our prayers may rise through the seven layers and reach the Almighty in the eighth elevation.

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

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