excellence Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
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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
WordNet
Ex"cel*lence noun
Etymology
F.
excellence, L.
excellentia.
Definitions
- 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.
Webster 1913
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