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/ˈɛksələns/ Listen

noun

Excellence n.

The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue. "Consider first that great Or bright infers not excellence."

An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue. "With every excellence refined."

A title of honor or respect; more common in the form excellency. "I do greet your excellence With letters of commission from the king."

Synonyms: Superiority; preeminence; perfection; worth; goodness; purity; greatness.

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Etymology of 'Excellence'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Excellence" Quotes from Famous Books

... book which furnishes such information and such illustrations in so compact and attractive a form. For greater excellence with the object in hand there is not ...

— Art in Needlework - A Book about Embroidery • Lewis F. Day

... He is for show, but not in a cage. He does not compete, because he is above competition. You know this as well as I. Probably you possess him. I certainly do. That is the supreme test of a cat's excellence—the test of possession. One does not say: "You should see Brailsford's cat" or "You should see Adcock's cat" or "You should see Sharp's cat," but "You should see our cat." There is nothing we are more egoistic about—not even children—than ...

— The Pleasures of Ignorance • Robert Lynd

... gastro-enteritis and was in bed (if you could see that bed!) "for the remainder of our stay in the Sea of Marmara," but "this boat has never been out of running order." The credit is ascribed to "the excellence of my chief engine-room artificer, James Hollier Hague, O.N. 227715," whose name is duly submitted to the authorities "for your consideration for advancement to the rank ...

— Sea Warfare • Rudyard Kipling

... Book is full of good things, and, like all of Mrs. Rorer's works, is eminently practical. It is a standard of excellence, in that it is full of the brightest things in cookery; the recipes are absolutely reliable, and the general instructions to housekeepers of the most helpful ...

— Sandwiches • Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer

... curiosity has been small, was a disappointment. The room had been nicely furnished once, but the carpet and the furniture showed signs of much wear, and the pictures of which Norris had spoken proved to be several of a remarkably "loud" sort, but of no real artistic value or excellence. ...

— Richard Dare's Venture • Edward Stratemeyer

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