Excellency

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Excellence \Ex"cel*lence\, n. [F. excellence, L. excellentia.]
     1. The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good
        qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority
        in virtue.
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              Consider first that great
              Or bright infers not excellence.      --Milton.
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     2. An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one
        excels or is eminent; a virtue.
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              With every excellence refined.        --Beattie.
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     3. A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form
        {excellency}.
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              I do greet your excellence
              With letters of commission from the king. --Shak.
  
     Syn: Superiority; pre["e]minence; perfection; worth;
          goodness; purity; greatness.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Excellency \Ex"cel*len*cy\, n.; pl. {Excellencies}.
     1. Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.
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              His excellency is over Israel.        --Ps. lxviii.
                                                    34.
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              Extinguish in men the sense of their own excellency.
                                                    --Hooker.
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     2. A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, esp.
        to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English
        colonial governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given
        to kings and princes.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Excellency
       n : a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or
           governors); usually preceded by Your or His or Her; "Your
           Excellency"