Category:Transcendence

Tran*scend"ence, tran*scend"en*cy,etym: [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.