excellence: Meaning, Definition, Usage

noun the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
noun an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels
excellency.
- a center of manufacturing excellence
- the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine

F. excellence, L. excellentia.

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.
An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue.
With every excellence refined. Beattie.
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.