Hypertext Webster Gateway: "excellency"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Excellency \Ex"cel*len*cy\, n.; 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) 1.7 (wn)

Excellency
n : a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or
governors); usually preceded by Your or His or Her: "Your
Excellency" [syn: {Excellency}]

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