- (n.) A title of honor given to certain high dignitaries, especially to viceroys, ministers, and ambassadors, to English colonial governors, etc. It was formerly sometimes given to kings and princes.
- (n.) Excellence; virtue; dignity; worth; superiority.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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