EXCELLENCES

Noun

excellences

plural of excellence

Source: Wiktionary


EXCELLENCE

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



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