TRANSCENDENCE; TRANSCENDENCY

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

Elevation above truth; exaggeration. [Obs.] "Where transcendencies are more allowed." Bacon.