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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excellency \Ex"cel*len*cy\, n.; pl {Excellencies}.
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. 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Excellency
n : a title used to address dignitaries (such as ambassadors or
governors); usually preceded by Your or His or Her: "Your
Excellency" [syn: {Excellency}]
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