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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1615 transcendence

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. See transcendence