2. Noun. (plural of excellency) ¹
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Definition of Excellencies
1. excellency [n] - See also: excellency
Lexicographical Neighbors of Excellencies
Literary usage of Excellencies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect by Hezekiah Niles (1822)
"Your excellencies call upon the inhabitants at to return to their allegiance."
It is as if vou had commanded a body of troops to advance to the assault, ..."
2. The Dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington, K. G. During His by Duke of Arthur Wellesley Wellington (1835)
"Sir A. Wellesley, KB, to their excellencies the Junta of Ciudad Rodrigo. ...
I have had the honor of receiving from your excellencies an account of the sums ..."
3. The History of the Administration of the Right Honorable Frederick Temple by William Leggo (1878)
"... 1875—Life at Rideau Hall—Children of their excellencies—Visit of their
excellencies to England and Ireland in May, 1875 —Dinner at the Canada Club—One ..."
4. Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the Olden Time: In the Olden by John Fanning Watson (1857)
"The excellencies of Penn's Laws. crimes, how Hide there appears of that dexterity
of vice which has; so alarmingly grown up within the last thirty years! ..."
5. Centennial Offering: Republication of the Principles and Acts of the by Hezekiah Niles (1876)
"Is it possible your excellencies can be serious, and mean any thing by this
recommendation ? Can you be ignorant, that ever since the birth of the stamp act ..."
6. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor: With a Life of the Author by Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber (1822)
"It matters not where we begin; for if I describe the excellencies of this sacrament,
I find it engages us upon matters of duty, and inquiries practical: if ..."
7. The Works of President Edwards by Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1830)
"There is an admirable conjunction of diverse excellencies in Jesus Christ."
The lion and the lamb, though very diverse kinds of creatures, yet have each ..."
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