Definition of "loftiest" []

• Superlative form of lofty: most lofty. (adjective)

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• "But under the paragraph from which we take our text, the blessed Master rises to what we call the loftiest pinnacle of eloquence and plunges into the very essence of his Gospel by saying, "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.""
• "_Randal_, (in his turn interested and interrogative.) -- "What do you call the loftiest, and what the vulgarest?""
• "-- "What do you call the loftiest, and what the vulgarest?""