01 n. Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.
pl.
Excellencies
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Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.“His excellency is over Israel.” — Ps. lxviii. 34.“Extinguish in men the sense of their own excellency.” — Hooker.
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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.