excellence
(noun) the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
excellence, excellency
(noun) an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels; “a center of manufacturing excellence”; “the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Excellence
A title of honor or respect; more common in the form Excellency.
excellence (usually uncountable, plural excellences)
The quality of being excellent; brilliance
Something in which one excels.
An excellent or valuable quality; something at which any someone excels; a virtue.
• superiority
• pre-eminence
• perfection
• worth
• goodness
• purity
• greatness
Source: Wiktionary
Ex"cel*lence, n. Etym: [F. excellence, L. excellentia.]
1. The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue. Consider first that great Or bright infers not excellence. Milton.
2. An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue. With every excellence refined. Beattie.
3. A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form excellency. I do greet your excellence With letters of commission from the king. Shak.
Syn.
– Superiority; preëminence; perfection; worth; goodness; purity; greatness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 October 2024
(noun) a high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
