excellency
noun
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.).
excellencies
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pluralof excellency.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"Prince Joachim's descendants will thus have to be addressed as excellencies in the future."
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2022
These excellencies are small moments tucked into a baggy novel that struggles to find its focus.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2020
Melania Trump entered the room, strode to the rostrum, smiled and said, “Your excellencies, esteemed represent — ”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2017
Pope’s solution was to flag the excellencies with a comma in the margin—or, if they were particularly “shining” examples, with a star—whereas “excessively bad” passages were “degraded to the bottom of the page.”
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 6, 2015
But Ben Jonson is to be admired for many excellencies; and can be taxed with fewer failings than any English poet.
From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by John Dryden
