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excellency definition

ex·cel·lency (ek′sə lən sē)

noun pl. excellencies -·cies

  1. 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

Etymology: ME excellencie < L excellentia

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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