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precellency

precellency noun: excellence, superiority, preeminence.

Noun

precellency (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) excellence, superiority, preeminence
    • […] then be put upon so much immodesty my self as to speak anything that may seem to give it any precellency above what is already extant in the world about the same matter.1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, page 1
    Synonyms:
    precellence

Synonyms of precellency

Questions about precellency

What does precellency mean?
Precellency means excellence, superiority, preeminence.
What part of speech is precellency?
Precellency is a noun.

Words near precellency in the dictionary

  1. precelebration
  2. precelebrations
  3. precell
  4. precelled
  5. precellence
  6. precellency
  7. precellent
  8. precelling
  9. precells
  10. precellular
  11. precellularization

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