transcendencyn.
/trɑːnˈsɛnd(ə)nsi/, /tranˈsɛnd(ə)nsi/, U.S. /træn(t)ˈsɛndnsi/ a. The condition or quality of being transcendent; excess; surpassing excellency; with plural a transcendent quality.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [noun]
pricea1275
sovereigntyc1340
primacyc1384
sublimityc1429
vassalagec1430
precellence?a1439
pre-excellencec1450
pre-eminencec1460
superexcellencec1475
chief1519
pre-eminency1523
greaterness1540
precellency1557
superexcellency?1563
divinenessa1586
superancya1586
sublimenessa1599
pre-excellency1603
especialness1614
transcendencea1616
transcendency1615
transcendentness1625
top1627
antecellency1657
quality1665
transcendingness1730
transcendentalism1841
surpassingness1879
transcendentality1881
the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [noun] > being independent of universe
transience1657
transcendentia1674
transcendence1848
transcendency1886
1615 J. Day Festivals 341 I speake not against Lawfull Purchasing, it is that Transcendency I strike at, when Men depopulate whole Countries, to people the Land forsooth with Sheepe.
1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura Pref. sig. A3v Your modesty do's not permit me to run through all those Transcendencies.
1682 H. More in J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (ed. 2) 29 The Essential Sanctity and singular Transcendency of the exalted Nature of God.
1857 W. E. Gladstone Oxf. Ess. 8 The transcendency of his poetical distinctions has tended to overshadow his other claims and uses.
1886 Westm. Rev. Oct. 469 Christ..never reflected on transcendency and immanency.
b. The fact of transcending: = transcendence n. 1; an instance of this.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [noun] > going beyond bounds
overgoinga1382
surmounting14..
supergressiona1550
exceeding1593
debordment1603
pretergression1615
transgression1623
transcension?1624
debording1635
excess1818
overstep1822
overstepping1823
overpassing1865
transcendency1902
transcendence1907
1902 W. James Let. 14 Dec. (1920) II. 179 I believe that the ‘transcendency’ of the object will not recover from your treatment.
1907 J. Orr in Life of Faith 9 Jan. 26/1 Such deviations from or transcendencies of the natural order we call miracles.
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