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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
transcendence
    n 1: a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits
         of material experience [syn: transcendence,
         transcendency]
    2: the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual
       limits [syn: transcendence, transcendency, superiority]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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            The Augustinian theology rests upon the
            transcendence of Deity at its controlling principle.
                                                  --A. V. G.
                                                  Allen.
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   2. Elevation above truth; exaggeration. [Obs.]
      [1913 Webster]

            "Where transcendencies are more allowed." --Bacon.
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