adjective · rare

in excelsis

To the highest degreeTo the highest degree; archetypal, quintessential.

/ˌɪn ɪkˈsɛlsɪs/

Meaning

1 senses

(not comparable, postpositional)To the highest degree; archetypal, quintessential.

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin in excelsīs (“on high, in the highest”), as in the Glor

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin in excelsīs (“on high, in the highest”), as in the Gloria.

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