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our excellencies

our excellencies pronoun: we, us (of a group addressed as Your Excellencies).

Pronoun

our excellencies

  1. (humorous, rare, usually) we, us (of a group addressed as Your Excellencies)
    • The Starosta has informed us several times and with as many profound bows, that his house no longer belongs to him, but that it, its contents, himself, his children and grandchildren, are ours, and at the absolute disposal of our excellencies. Excellencies! By the long-winded, multi-syllabic, but...1856 December 13, George Augustus Sala, Household Words, page 516
    • "Your excellencies intend to settle the bill, of course," said the vetturino, with much phlegm.
      "Our excellencies never dreamed of any such thing."1872, James De Mille, “Chapter IX: A Fight with a Vetturino”, in The Dodge Club; or, Italy in 1859, New York: Harper & Brothers, page 48
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see our, excellencies.

Examples of our excellencies in a sentence

  • Our Excellencies, suspicious of this document, hand it to the clerk of the Council to read.1924, John Ross, “Chapter XXXI: Of Internment Camps, Of Quaint Ceremonies, Of The Lord Chancellorship, and Of the Conclusion of the Whole...
  • He is Our Excellencies' servant, gentlemen, so let’s use the fellow and send Wolsey’s stuff with him."1981, Terry Coleman, “16: Fires Quenched by Blood”, in Thanksgiving: a novel in celebration of America, New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN...

Forms of our excellencies

alternative formOur Excellencies

Questions about our excellencies

What does our excellencies mean?
Our excellencies means we, us (of a group addressed as Your Excellencies).
How do you use our excellencies in a sentence?
Our Excellencies, suspicious of this document, hand it to the clerk of the Council to read.
What part of speech is our excellencies?
Our excellencies is a pronoun.

Words near our excellencies in the dictionary

  1. ouppies
  2. ouppy
  3. our
  4. our asses
  5. our era
  6. our excellencies
  7. Our Father
  8. Our Fathers
  9. our kid
  10. Our Lady
  11. Our Lady of Dolors

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