Excellency

  • 11Excellency — UK [ˈeksələnsɪ] / US noun Your/His/Her Excellency used for talking politely to or about someone who has a very important official or religious position His Excellency the President of Uganda …

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  • 12excellency — Excellence Ex cel*lence, n. [F. excellence, L. excellentia.] 1. The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue. [1913 Webster] Consider first that great Or bright… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 13excellency — noun (plural excellencies) 1》 (His, Your, etc. Excellency) a title or form of address for certain high officials of state, especially ambassadors, or of the Roman Catholic Church. 2》 archaic an outstanding feature or quality …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 14excellency —   Ka mea hanohano, po okela, oi.    ♦ His Excellency the Governor, ka mea Hanohano ke Kia āina …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 15excellency, your —    A title of honour for an ambassador. It was at one time used to royal personages of either sex, but appears to have been restricted to ambassadors since the end of the seventeenth century. ‘You can rely on that,’ says the Turkish Ambassador to …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 16excellency — noun (plural cies) Date: 15th century 1. excellence; especially outstanding or valuable quality usually used in plural < so crammed, as he thinks, with excellencies Shakespeare > 2. used as a title for high dignitaries of state (as a governor or&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 17excellency — /ek seuh leuhn see/, n., pl. excellencies. 1. (usually cap.) Also, Excellence. a title of honor given to certain high officials, as governors, ambassadors, and Roman Catholic bishops and archbishops (prec. by his, your, etc.). 2. (usually cap.) a …

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  • 18Excellency — noun A form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries. Syn: Excellence …

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  • 19excellency — noun The quality of being excellent …

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  • 20excellency — Ex·cel·len·cy || eksÉ™lÉ™nsɪ n. remarkable feature, superior quality (in a person or thing); title of honor given to certain high officials …

    English contemporary dictionary