transcendent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence
    surpassing.
  2. adjective satellite beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or understanding
    • the notion of any transcendent reality beyond thought

WordNet

Tran*scend"ent adjective
Etymology
L. transcendens, -entis, p. pr. of transcendere to transcend: cf. F. transcendant, G. transcendent.
Definitions
  1. Very excellent; superior or supreme in excellence; surpassing others; as, transcendent worth; transcendent valor.
    Clothed with transcendent brightness. Milton.
  2. (Kantian Philos.) Transcending, or reaching beyond, the limits of human knowledge; -- applied to affirmations and speculations concerning what lies beyond the reach of the human intellect.

Webster 1913