About The Word Excellency
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Excellency
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What's The Definition Of Excellency?
[n] a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by Your or His or Her; "Your Excellency"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Excellency: Related Terms | Find terms related to Excellency: See Also | important person | influential person | personage Excellency In Webster's Dictionary \Ex"cel*len*cy\, n.; pl. {Excellencies}.
1. Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.
His excellency is over Israel. --Ps. lxviii.
34.
Extinguish in men the sense of their own excellency.
--Hooker.
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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