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Excellency   /ˈɛkslˈɛnsi/   Listen
Excellency

noun
(pl. excellencies)
1.
A title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by 'Your' or 'His' or 'Her'.
2.
An outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels.  Synonym: excellence.  "The use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine"






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"Excellency" Quotes from Famous Books



... of February 23d, 1777), the council saw a royal title of Political and Military Governor of this city granted by his Majesty to Senor Don Gaspar de Portola, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Royal Army, and also a superior order of his Excellency the Viceroy, Governor, and Captain General of this New Spain, in which is stated that said title has ...
— The March of Portola - and, The Log of the San Carlos and Original Documents - Translated and Annotated • Zoeth S. Eldredge and E. J. Molera

... And in the essential vesture of creation/Does bear all excellency; We in terrestrial] I do not think the present reading inexplicable. The author seems to use essential, for existent, real. She excels the praises of invention, says he, and in real qualities, with which creation has invested her, ...
— Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies • Samuel Johnson

... 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, ...
— Literary Remains, Vol. 2 • Coleridge

... unweariable patience and long-suffering without parallel. McClellan, never trammeled by respect, retorted sharply: "As the Chickahominy has been almost the only obstacle in my way for several days, your excellency may rest assured that it has not been overlooked." When finally the general became active, it was under the spur of General Jackson, not of President Lincoln. Jackson compelled him to decide and act; and the result was his famous southward movement ...
— Abraham Lincoln, Vol. II • John T. Morse

... "If your Excellency will excuse me, I will come back in a moment; but now I have a very important matter to attend to, and it must ...
— Chapters from My Autobiography • Mark Twain


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