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/ˈɛkslˈɛnsi/ Listen

noun

Excellency n. (pl. excellencies)

Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority. "His excellency is over Israel." "Extinguish in men the sense of their own excellency."

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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Excellency" Quotes from Famous Books

... his part in the way of ceremonial. Flaming handbills of an English circus announce that the performances are under his direct patronage. "Victoria, the Empress of the Arena," is to-night to perform her unparalleled feats in the ring in the presence of His Excellency. This was the only tribute we saw paid in India to Her Majesty's spick-and-span brand-new title of Empress. We attended the performance, which was really creditable, but the natives sat unmoved throughout ...

— Round the World • Andrew Carnegie

... the Excellency would help him to fold it up," he said, "he would take it now to his own room, and from thence ...

— Three Weeks • Elinor Glyn

... Cloak, or Bonnet,' the 'Doorkeeper of His Majesty's Council' having taken good care to see them 'leave the same in the Great Committee Room previous to their Introduction.' 'The Ladies attached to His Excellency's Suite' were admitted 'within the railing or body of the House' and 'accommodated with the seats of the members as far as possible.' Outwardly it was all very much the same in principle as the opening of any other British parliament—the escort, guard, and band, the royal salute, the brilliant ...

— The Father of British Canada: A Chronicle of Carleton • William Wood

... your excellency," he answered, respectfully, "but I cannot tell you the reason of our quarrel since it concerns ...

— The New Land - Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country • Elma Ehrlich Levinger

... the vulgar arguments, that by learning man excelleth man in that wherein man excelleth beasts; that by learning man ascendeth to the heavens and their motions, where in body he cannot come, and the like; let us conclude with the dignity and excellency of knowledge and learning in that whereunto man's nature doth most aspire, which is immortality or continuance: for to this tendeth generation, and raising of houses and families; to this tend buildings, foundations, and monuments; to this tendeth the desire of memory, fame, and celebration, ...

— Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher • S. T. Coleridge

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