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ex·cel·len·cy \-nsē, -si\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English excellencie, from Latin excellentia 1. : excellence; usually : outstanding or valuable quality — used chiefly in plural < noting one another's excellencies and defects > 2. : a person of notable position, dignity, or worth — used in a title or in a mode of address to certain high dignitaries (as a Roman Catholic bishop, a governor of a state, an ambassador, a viceroy) and then usually cap. < His Excellency the Bishop > |