excellency
1Excellency — is an honorific style given to certain members of an organization or state. Usually, people styled Excellency are heads of state, heads of government, governors, ambassadors, certain ecclesiastics, royalty, aristocracy, and military, and others… …
2Excellency — Ex cel*len*cy, n.; pl. {Excellencies}. 1. Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority. [1913 Webster] His excellency is over Israel. Ps. lxviii. 34. [1913 Webster] Extinguish in men the sense of their own excellency. Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2 …
3Excellency — ► NOUN (pl. Excellencies) (His, Your, etc. Excellency) ▪ a title or form of address for certain high officials of state, especially ambassadors, or of the Roman Catholic Church …
4excellency — index primacy Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
5excellency — (n.) high rank, c.1200, from L. excellentia (see EXCELLENCE (Cf. excellence)); as a title of honor it dates from early 14c …
6excellency — [ek′sə lən sē] n. pl. excellencies [ME excellencie < L excellentia] 1. [E ] 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 …
7Excellency — [[t]e̱ksələnsi[/t]] Excellencies N VOC: poss N; PRON: poss PRON (politeness) You use expressions such as Your Excellency or His Excellency when you are addressing or referring to officials of very high rank, for example ambassadors or governors.… …
8Excellency — noun your excellency/his excellency a way of talking to or about people who hold high positions in the state or the church: His Excellency the Spanish ambassador …
9Excellency — Ex|cel|len|cy [ˈeksələnsi] n Your/His/Her Excellency a way of talking to or about people who hold high positions in the state or the church ▪ His Excellency the Spanish ambassador …
10Excellency — Ex|cel|len|cy [ eksələnsi ] noun Your/His/Her Excellency used for talking politely to or about someone who has a very important official or religious position: His Excellency the President of Uganda …
