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excellence (c.1334)
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excellence (c.1334)

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  FEW:  excellere 3,272b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  excellence 9,578b TL: excellence 3,1531 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  excellence  TLF:  excellence  OED:  excellence n.  MED:  excellence n.  DMLBS:  excellentia 829b

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excellence, outstanding quality: 
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  pur l’excellence de son seinteté  TREVET Cron1 229.19
( 1409-10 )  a cause de l’hautesse et l’excellence de son honourable persone  Rot Parl1 iii 632
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