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excellency

[ ek-suh-luhn-see ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural ex·cel·len·cies.

(usually initial capital letter) Also Excellence. a title of honor given to certain high officials, as governors, ambassadors, and Roman Catholic bishops and archbishops (preceded by his, your, etc.).
(usually initial capital letter) a person so entitled.
(usually initial capital letter) the title of the governor general of Canada while in office.
Usually excellencies. excellent qualities or features.

Excellency

/ ˈɛksələnsɪ /

usually preceded byYour, His, or Her a title used to address or refer to a high-ranking official, such as an ambassador or governor
RC Church a title of bishops and archbishops in many non-English-speaking countries

1275–1325; Middle English excellencie < Latin excellentia. See excellent, -ency

Now the correspondents brazenly asked the president for permission to “dedicate it to your excellency.”

Quite how a full-scale civil war can avoid being “politicized,” His Excellency failed to enlighten the chamber.

His excellency took one end of the table, and an aide-de-camp the other: I was seated between M. and Madame do Rego.

His excellency bowed slightly, the parvenu humbled himself lower than the earth, then they chatted for a moment.

We have a quantity of mushrooms in the second park, and his excellency amuses himself sometimes by gathering them.

It is clearly understood between us, Excellency, that you will give me five hundred ounces?

When you've reported yourself, if his Excellency remains silent, and takes no notice, bolt.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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