Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) 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. (n.) The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes. 3. (n.) State of being stretched to stiffness; tension. 4. (n.) Anything erected; a building of any kind. 5. (n.) The state of a part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue.

Multi-Version Concordance Erection (1 Occurrence) Acts 17:23 for passing through and contemplating your objects of worship, I found also an erection on which had been inscribed: To God -- unknown; whom, therefore -- not knowing -- ye do worship, this One I announce to you. (YLT)