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excellency

/ˈɛk.sə.lən.si/

excellency noun: synonym of excellence; the quality of being excellent.

Noun (1)

excellency (countable and uncountable, plural excellencies)

  1. Synonym of excellence; the quality of being excellent.
    Synonyms:
    excellence

Noun (2) capitalized: Excellency

Excellency (plural Excellencies)

  1. (Her or Your) A form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries.
    Synonyms:
    Excellence

excellency meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Urdu

excellency in Hindi

Excellency
मान्यवर mānyavar

excellency in Tamil

மேதகு, மேதகைமை

excellency in Urdu

Excellency, Honour
جناب janāb

Synonyms of excellency

Forms of excellency

pluralexcellencies
pluralExcellencies

Plural of excellency: excellencies

Origin of excellency

From Middle English excellencie, from Latin excellentia.

Words formed from excellency

Questions about excellency

What does excellency mean?
Excellency means synonym of excellence; the quality of being excellent.
What is excellency in Hindi?
Excellency in Hindi is मान्यवर (mānyavar). See Excellency meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is excellency?
Excellency is a noun.
How do you pronounce excellency?
Excellency is pronounced /ˈɛk.sə.lən.si/.
What is the plural of excellency?
The plural of excellency is excellencies.

Words near excellency in the dictionary

  1. excell
  2. excelled
  3. excellence
  4. excellences
  5. excellencies
  6. excellency
  7. excellent
  8. excellenter
  9. excellentest
  10. excellently
  11. excellentness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: excellency (page history and authors); Excellency (page history and authors); मान्यवर (Hindi) (page history and authors); excellency (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); جناب (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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