- excellency
- excellency (n.) "high rank," c.1200, from L. excellentia (see EXCELLENCE (Cf. excellence)); as a title of honor it dates from early 14c.
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Excellency — is an honorific style given to certain members of an organization or state. Usually, people styled Excellency are heads of state, heads of government, governors, ambassadors, certain ecclesiastics, royalty, aristocracy, and military, and others… … Wikipedia
Excellency — Ex cel*len*cy, n.; pl. {Excellencies}. 1. Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority. [1913 Webster] His excellency is over Israel. Ps. lxviii. 34. [1913 Webster] Extinguish in men the sense of their own excellency. Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Excellency — ► NOUN (pl. Excellencies) (His, Your, etc. Excellency) ▪ a title or form of address for certain high officials of state, especially ambassadors, or of the Roman Catholic Church … English terms dictionary
excellency — index primacy Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
excellency — [ek′sə lən sē] n. pl. excellencies [ME excellencie < L excellentia] 1. [E ] a title of honor applied to various persons of high position, as an ambassador, bishop, or governor: preceded by Your or by His or Her 2. EXCELLENCE … English World dictionary
Excellency — [[t]e̱ksələnsi[/t]] Excellencies N VOC: poss N; PRON: poss PRON (politeness) You use expressions such as Your Excellency or His Excellency when you are addressing or referring to officials of very high rank, for example ambassadors or governors.… … English dictionary
Excellency — noun your excellency/his excellency a way of talking to or about people who hold high positions in the state or the church: His Excellency the Spanish ambassador … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Excellency — Ex|cel|len|cy [ˈeksələnsi] n Your/His/Her Excellency a way of talking to or about people who hold high positions in the state or the church ▪ His Excellency the Spanish ambassador … Dictionary of contemporary English
Excellency — Ex|cel|len|cy [ eksələnsi ] 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 … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Excellency — 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 … English dictionary
