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The quality or state of being transcendent; superior excellence; supereminence.

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  1. The quality or state of being transcendent; superior excellence; supereminence.
  2. Elevation above truth; exaggeration.
  3. n. a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience
  4. n. the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits
  5. 1. 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. Elevation above truth; exaggeration. [Obs.] "Where transcendencies are more allowed." Bacon.
  6. n a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience n the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits