excellence

Since the arrival of Chorus Master Donald Palumbo, the Met chorus now commands that same level of excellence as the orchestra.
Inside the Metropolitan Opera’s Insane Year|Shawn E. Milnes|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The committee awarded her the coveted “Rising Star Award” for both her exposure and excellence at such a young age.
New York Fashion Week's Teen Sensation: Isabella Rose Taylor, 13, Stages A Sartorial Revolution|Justin Jones|September 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The great global cities rose as centers of industry and trade, while developing from there an excellence in related services.
Welcome to the Billion-Man Slum|Joel Kotkin|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The new renaissance in television would never have happened without this commitment to excellence.
Five Lessons the Faltering Music Industry Could Learn From TV|Ted Gioia|August 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST

When they say strive for excellence, I guess they mean the presidency.
Figure Skater Michelle Kwan Chases Gold in Rhode Island’s Gubernatorial Race|Nicholas McCarvel|April 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is no concern of the artist whether it be exceptional or of every-day occurrence; some kinds of excellence can never be common.
Windows, A Book About Stained & Painted Glass|Lewis F. Day
To imitate finite excellence, is to aspire at excellence, even though but in part.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
Observe as much as ye please of excellence in what ye have done to the glory of God.
The Autobiography of Madame Guyon|Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
And I asked him, your excellence, how it happened that travellers were sleeping in a coach-house instead of in a chamber.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 53, No. 331, May, 1843|Various
The experience of Great Britain affords an illustrious comment on the excellence of the institution.
The Federalist Papers|Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison

British Dictionary definitions for excellence

excellence

/ (ˈɛksələns) /

noun

the state or quality of excelling or being exceptionally good; extreme merit; superiority

an action, characteristic, feature, etc, in which a person excels

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012