Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TRANSCENDENCE, TRANSCENDENCY

n.Superior excellence; supereminence. 1. Elevation above truth; exaggeration.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TRANSCENDENCE; TRANSCENDENCY

Tran *scend "ence, Tran *scend "en *cy, Etym: [Cf. L. transcendentia, F.transcendance. ]

 

1. The quality or state of being transcendent; superior excellence; supereminence. The Augustinian theology rests upon the transcendence of Deity at its controlling principle. A. V. G. Allen.

 

2. Elevation above truth; exaggeration. [Obs. ] "Where transcendencies are more allowed. " Bacon.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

transcendence

tran scend ence |tranˈsendəns trænˈsendəns |(also transcendency |sī |) ▶noun existence or experience beyond the normal or physical level: the possibility of spiritual transcendence in the modern world.

 

Oxford Dictionary

transcendence

transcendence |trɑːnˈsɛnd (ə )ns, tranˈsɛnd (ə )ns |(also transcendency ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] existence or experience beyond the normal or physical level: the possibility of spiritual transcendence in the modern world.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

transcendence, transcendency

transcendence, transcendency noun the transcendence of love: excellence, supremacy, incomparability, matchlessness, peerlessness, magnificence; rare paramountcy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

transcendence, transcendency

transcendence, transcendency noun this novel's theme is the transcendence of human love over the coercions of church and state: superiority, supremacy, predominance, pre-eminence, ascendancy; incomparability, matchlessness, peerlessness; excellence, greatness, magnificence, sublimity, importance; rare paramountcy.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

transcendence

tran scend ence -en cy /trænséndəns //-dənsi /名詞 U 超越, 超絶 ; 卓越 .