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Webster 1913 Edition
Excellence
Ex′cel-lence
,Noun.
[F.
excellence
, L. excellentia
.] 1.
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
Or bright infers not
excellence
. Milton.
2.
An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue.
With every
excellence
refined. Beattie.
3.
A title of honor or respect; – more common in the form
excellency
.
Syn. – Superiority; preëminence; perfection; worth; goodness; purity; greatness.