E*rec"tion (?), n. [L. erectio:
cf. F. érection.] 1. The act of
erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building
or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act
of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also,
the act of rousing to excitement or courage.
2. The state of being erected, lifted up,
built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or
purposes.
Her peerless height my mind to high erection
draws up.
Sidney
3. State of being stretched to stiffness;
tension.
4. Anything erected; a building of any
kind.
5. (Physiol.) The state of a part
which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the
accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue.
