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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Excellence \Ex"cel*lence\, noun [F. excellence, L. excellentia.]
1. The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue.
Consider first that great Or bright infers not excellence. --Milton.
2. An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue.
With every excellence refined. --Beattie.
3. A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form {excellency}.
I do greet your excellence With letters of commission from the king. --Shak.
Syn: Superiority; pre["e]minence; perfection; worth; goodness; purity; greatness.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Excellency \Ex"cel*len*cy\, noun; pl. {Excellencies}.
1. Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.
His excellency is over Israel. --Ps. lxviii. 34.
Extinguish in men the sense of their own excellency. --Hooker.
2. A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, esp. to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English colonial governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given to kings and princes.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Excellency
noun: a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or governors); usually preceded by Your or His or Her; "Your Excellency"
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