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The state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits
Answer for the clue "The state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits ", 13 letters:
transcendency
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Transcendence \Tran*scend"ence\ (-ens), Transcendency \Tran*scend"en*cy\ (-en*s[y^]), [Cf. L. transcendentia, F. transcendance.] The quality or state of being transcendent; superior excellence; supereminence. The Augustinian theology rests upon the transcendence ...
Wiktionary
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n. 1 transcendence 2 (context obsolete English) elevation above the truth; exaggeration
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience [syn: transcendence ] 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.