excellency

[ ek-suh-luhn-see ]

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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.

Origin of excellency

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

Other words from excellency

su·per·ex·cel·len·cy, noun, plural su·per·ex·cel·len·cies.

Words Nearby excellency

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How to use excellency in a sentence

Now the correspondents brazenly asked the president for permission to “dedicate it to your excellency.”
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Quite how a full-scale civil war can avoid being “politicized,” His excellency failed to enlighten the chamber.
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His excellency took one end of the table, and an aide-de-camp the other: I was seated between M. and Madame do Rego.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria Graham
His excellency bowed slightly, the parvenu humbled himself lower than the earth, then they chatted for a moment.
The Nabob | Alphonse Daudet
We have a quantity of mushrooms in the second park, and his excellency amuses himself sometimes by gathering them.
The Nabob | Alphonse Daudet

It is clearly understood between us, excellency, that you will give me five hundred ounces?
The Border Rifles | Gustave Aimard
When you've reported yourself, if his excellency remains silent, and takes no notice, bolt.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, Number 414, April, 1850 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for Excellency

Excellency

Excellence

/ (ˈɛksələnsɪ) /

nounplural -lencies or -lences

(usually preceded by Your, 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

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