EXCELLENCY

excellency. Excellency, n. great value, a title of honor given to public ministers, governor, &c.

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Ex″cel‐len‐cy (?), n.; pl. Excellencies (�). 1. 1. Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.
His excellency is over Israel. Ps. lxviii. 34. Extinguish in men the sense of their own excellency. Hooker. 2. 2. A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, esp. to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English colonial governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given to kings and princes.