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transcendence

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Transcendence  \Tran*scend"ence\  (-ens),  Transcendency 
  \Tran*scend"en*cy\  (-en*s[y^]),  [Cf.  L.  transcendentia  F. 
  transcendance.] 
  1.  The  quality  or  state  of  being  transcendent;  superior 
  excellence;  supereminence. 
 
  The  Augustinian  theology  rests  upon  the 
  transcendence  of  Deity  at  its  controlling  principle. 
  --A.  V.  G. 
  Allen. 
 
  2.  Elevation  above  truth;  exaggeration.  [Obs.] 
 
  ``Where  transcendencies  are  more  allowed.''  --Bacon. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  transcendence 
  n  1:  a  state  of  being  or  existence  above  and  beyond  the  limits  of 
  material  experience  [syn:  {transcendency}] 
  2:  the  state  of  excelling  or  surpassing  or  going  beyond  usual 
  limits  [syn:  {transcendency},  {superiority}]




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