Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - excellency
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Excellency
excellency
noun (plural -cies) Date: 15th century 1. excellence; especially outstanding or valuable quality — usually used in plural so crammed, as he thinks, with excellencies — Shakespeare 2. — used as a title for high dignitaries of state (as a governor or an ambassador) or church (as a Roman Catholic archbishop or bishop)
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n. (pl. -ies) (usu. prec. by Your, His, Her, Their) a title used in addressing or referring to certain high officials, e.g. ambassadors and governors, and (in some countries) senior Church dignitaries. Etymology: ME f. L excellentia (as EXCEL) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. превосходительство their Excellencies —- их превосходительства His E. the French Ambassador —- Его превосходительство посол Франции 2. уст. превосходство; выдающееся качество ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(Excellencies) You use expressions such as Your Excellency or His Excellency when you are addressing or referring to officials of very high rank, for example ambassadors or governors. I am reluctant to trust anyone totally, Your Excellency... His excellency the President will be waiting for you in the hall. N-VOC: poss N; PRON: poss PRON c darkgreen]politeness ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n your excellency/his excellency a way of talking to or about people who hold high positions in the state or the church (His Excellency the Spanish ambassador) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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