Hypertext Webster Gateway: "transcendency"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Transcendence \Tran*scend"ence\ (-ens), Transcendency
\Tran*scend"en*cy\ (-en*s[y^]), [Cf. L. transcendentia, F.
transcendance.]
1. The quality or state of being transcendent; superior
excellence; supereminence.
The Augustinian theology rests upon the
transcendence of Deity at its controlling principle.
--A. V. G.
Allen.
2. Elevation above truth; exaggeration. [Obs.]
``Where transcendencies are more allowed.'' --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
transcendency
n 1: a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of
material experience [syn: {transcendence}]
2: the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual
limits [syn: {transcendence}, {superiority}]
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