Ex″cel‐lence (?), 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; preëminence; perfection; worth; goodness; purity; greatness.