excellency

[ ek-suh-luhn-see ]

/ ˈɛk sə lən si /

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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.

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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.

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How to use excellency in a sentence

These pathetic folks need to accept that “jazz has replaced classical music as the dreaded incarnation of eat-your-broccoli art.”
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Dessert is a slice of melt-in-your-mouth treacle tart with a dollop of perfectly tart clotted cream.
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He was like my old man with that angry, in-your-face rhetoric.
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He continues that "the gays I know are not the flamboyant shove-it-in-your face type of people."
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Most of the posts—featuring kind, thoughtful, restores-your-faith-in-humanity type of statements—align with the lofty statement.
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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) /

noun plural -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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