Excellency /(?)/

Ex·cel·len·cy

Excellency

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.
  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.