What does "excellency" mean?
Excellency: Extinguish in men the sense of their own excellency. Hooker.
Additional senses
- 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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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