excellency
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• noun
A title of honor given to certain high officials of state or the church, such as presidents, governors, ambassadors, and Roman Catholic bishops (usually capitalized and preceded by His, Her, Your, or Their).
"The diplomatic delegation stood in respect as Her Excellency the Ambassador entered the reception hall."
The quality of being outstanding or extremely good; superiority or an admirable trait (now largely archaic or formal).
"The Renaissance treatise praised the moral excellency and intellectual rigor of the ancient philosophers."
Word Nuance & Usage
While "excellence" is the standard modern word for general superiority or high quality, "excellency" is almost exclusively reserved today as a capitalized honorific title ("Your Excellency" or "His/Her Excellency") for ambassadors, governors, heads of state, and Roman Catholic bishops.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Old French 'excellence' and directly from Latin 'excellentia' ('superiority, preeminence'), from 'excellere' ('to surpass, rise above').