English-Thai Dictionary
Excellency
N คำ เรียก อย่าง ยกย่อง สำหรับ ผู้ มี ตำแหน่ง ทางราชการ สูง เช่น รัฐมนตรี เอก อัครราชทูต kam-riak-yang-yok-yong-sam-rab-phu-me-tam-naeng-tang-rad-cha-kan-sung-chen-rad-ta-mon-tri-ek-ak-kra-rad-cha-thud
excellency
N ความ ดีเด่น เลิศ คำยกย่อง ผู้ มี ตำแหน่ง สูงส่ง
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
EXCELLENCY
Ex "cel *len *cy, n.; pl. Excellencies (.
1. Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority. His excellency is over Israel. Ps. lxviii. 34. Extinguish in men the sense of their own excellency. Hooker.
2. A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, esp. to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English colonial governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given to kings and princes.
New American Oxford Dictionary
excellency
ex cel len cy |ˈeksələnsē ˈɛksələnsi | ▶noun ( pl. excellencies ) 1 (His, Your, etc. , Excellency ) a title given to certain high officials of state, esp. ambassadors, or of the Roman Catholic Church, or used in addressing them: His Excellency the Indian Consul General. 2 archaic an outstanding feature or quality. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘excellence ’): from Latin excellentia, from excellere ‘surpass ’ (see excel ). The use of the word as a title dates from the mid 16th cent.
Oxford Dictionary
excellency
ex ¦cel |lency |ˈɛks (ə )l (ə )nsi | ▶noun ( pl. excellencies ) 1 ( His, Your, etc. Excellency ) a title or form of address given to certain high officials of state, especially ambassadors, or of the Roman Catholic Church: His Excellency the Indian Consul General. 2 archaic an outstanding feature or quality. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘excellence ’): from Latin excellentia, from excellere ‘surpass ’ (see excel ). Sense 1 dates from the mid 16th cent.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
Excellency
Ex cel len cy /éks (ə )lənsi /名詞 複 -cies C 閣下 〘高官や高僧に対する敬称; 大統領, 大臣, 大使, 知事, 司教など, およびその配偶者; →majesty 〙▸ Your Excellency 閣下 (夫人 ) (!直接呼びかけて; また二人称 代名詞 の代わりに用いて ) ▸ His [Her ] Excellency (間接的に )閣下 (夫人 ) (!三人称単数 代名詞 の代わりに用いて )
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