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Definitions for Excellency
ˈɛk sə lən siex·cel·len·cy

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Excellencynoun

    a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by `Your' or `His' or `Her'

    "Your Excellency"

  2. excellence, excellencynoun

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. Excellencynoun

    A form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries.

  2. excellencynoun

    The quality of being excellent.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Excellence, Excellencynoun

    Etymology: excellence, French; excellentia, Latin.

    Is it not wonderful, that base desires should so extinguish in men the sense of their own excellency, as to make them willing that their souls should be like to the souls of beasts, mortal and corruptible with their bodies? Richard Hooker, b. v. s. 2.

    I know not why a fiend may not deceive a creature of more excellency than himself, but yet a creature. John Dryden, Juv. Dedic.

    I have, amongst men of parts and business, seldom heard any one commended for having an excellency in musick. John Locke.

    The criticisms have been made rather to discover beauties and excellencies than their faults and imperfections. Joseph Addison, Spect.

    She loves him with that excellence,
    That angels love good men with. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

    They humbly sue unto your excellence,
    To have a goodly peace concluded of. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

ChatGPT

  1. excellency

    Excellency is a title or form of address given to high-ranking officials, such as heads of state, ambassadors, governors, or high-ranking church dignitaries. The term may also be used as an abstract noun to refer to the high quality or superiority of something or someone.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Excellencynoun

    excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority

  2. Excellencynoun

    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

Wikidata

  1. Excellency

    Excellency is an honorific style given to certain members of an organisation or state. Once entitled to the title "Excellency", its holder may retain the right to that courtesy throughout his or her lifetime, in accordance with widespread international custom and diplomatic norms. Generally people addressed as Excellency are heads of state, heads of government, governors, ambassadors, certain ecclesiastics, royalty, aristocracy, and military, and others holding equivalent rank. It is sometimes misinterpreted as a title of office in itself, but in fact is an honorific that precedes various titles, both in speech and in writing. In reference to such an official, it takes the form His/Her Excellency; in direct address, Your Excellency, or, less formally, simply Excellency. The abbreviation HE is often used instead of His/Her Excellency; alternatively it may stand for His Eminence.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Excellency in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Excellency in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Excellency in a Sentence

  1. Manny Pacquiao:

    I am begging and knocking on your kind heart that Your Excellency will grant executive clemency to her.

  2. Saviour Kasukuwere:

    Given the foregoing ... His Excellency, the President has declared a state of disaster to severely affected areas in communal and resettlement lands of Zimbabwe effective from Feb. 2, 2016.

  3. Kim Jong:

    I firmly believe that the strong will, sincere efforts and unique approach of myself and Your Excellency Mr. President aimed at opening up a new future between the DPRK and the U.S. will surely come to fruition.

  4. Henry Fielding:

    A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.

  5. John Keats:

    The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate.

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