transcendency Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience
    transcendence.
  2. noun the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits
    transcendence; superiority.

WordNet


Tran*scend"ence, Tran*scend"en*cy (Also<
  • Transcendence
  • Transcendency
)
Etymology
Cf. L. transcendentia, F. transcendance.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913