Excellence : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Excellence	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Excellence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
excellence n the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree an outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels; "a center of manufacturing excellence"; "the use of herbs is one of the excellencies of French cuisine" Synonym(s): excellence, excellency
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Excellence \Ex"cellence\, n. [F. excellence, L. excellentia.] 1. The quality of being excellent; state of possessing good qualities in an eminent degree; exalted merit; superiority in virtue. Consider first that great Or bright infers not excellence. --Milton. 2. An excellent or valuable quality; that by which any one excels or is eminent; a virtue. With every excellence* refined. --Beattie. 3. A title of honor or respect; -- more common in the form excellency. I do greet your excellence With letters of commission from the king. --Shak. Syn: Superiority; pre[89]minence; perfection; worth; goodness; purity; greatness.