Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for excellency. Search instead for Excellencies.
Synonyms

excellency

American  
[ek-suh-luhn-see] / ˈɛk sə lən si /

noun

plural

excellencies

  1. (usually initial capital letter) Also Excellence. a title of honor given to certain high officials, as governors, ambassadors, and Roman Catholic bishops and archbishops (preceded by his, your, etc.).

  2. (usually initial capital letter) a person so entitled.

  3. (usually initial capital letter) the title of the governor general of Canada while in office.

  4. Usually excellencies. excellent qualities or features.

Excellency British  
/ ˈɛksələnsɪ /

noun

  1. a title used to address or refer to a high-ranking official, such as an ambassador or governor

  2. RC Church a title of bishops and archbishops in many non-English-speaking countries

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • superexcellency noun

Etymology

Origin of excellency

1275–1325; Middle English excellencie < Latin excellentia. See excellent, -ency

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.