aggrandizement

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

AGGRAND'IZEMENT, noun The act of aggrandizing; the state of being exalted in power, rank or honor; exaltation; enlargement. The Emperor seeks only the aggrandizement of his own family.
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