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Transcendency

Transcendence \Tran*scend"ence\ (-ens), Transcendency \Tran*scend"en*cy\ (-en*s[y^]), [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.

Wiktionary
transcendency

n. 1 transcendence 2 (context obsolete English) elevation above the truth; exaggeration

WordNet
transcendency
  1. n. a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience [syn: transcendence]

  2. the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits [syn: transcendence, superiority]

Usage examples of "transcendency".

Lawyer Paravant had received out of transcendency a sounding slap on the cheek, and had countered with scientific alacrity, yes, had even eagerly turned the other cheek, heedless of his quality as gentleman, jurist, and one-time member of a duelling corps, all of which would have constrained him to quite a different line of conduct had the blow been of terrestrial origin.

The ephemeral, I mean, the sad, pretty, awful, tragic everyday, not the transcendencies of great art.