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excellency
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excellency
(encz) | excellency,excelence n: Zdeněk Brož |
Excellency
(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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excellency
(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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excellency
(wn) | Excellency
n 1: a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or
governors); usually preceded by `Your' or `His' or `Her';
"Your Excellency"
2: an outstanding feature; something in which something or
someone excels; "a center of manufacturing excellence"; "the
use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine"
[syn: excellence, excellency] |
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Excellency
(gcide) | Excellency \Ex"cel*len*cy\, n.; pl. Excellencies.
1. Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]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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