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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   transcendence countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits wordnet
3. 3
   elevation above the truth; exaggeration countable, obsolete, uncountable

   "This would haue better done in Poeſy; where Tranſcendencies are more allowed."

4. 4
   a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience wordnet

Synonyms

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ascendancyexcellencefavorgreatnessleadmajority

Example

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"This would haue better done in Poeſy; where Tranſcendencies are more allowed."

Etymology

From transcend + -ency.

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