EXCELLENCY


Meaning of EXCELLENCY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -s(ə-)lən(t)-sē ]

noun

( plural -cies )

Date: 15th century

1. : excellence ; especially : outstanding or valuable quality — usually used in plural

so crammed, as he thinks, with excellencies — Shakespeare

2. — used as a title for high dignitaries of state (as a governor or an ambassador) or church (as a Roman Catholic archbishop or bishop)

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