in excelsis

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in excelsis

/ˌɪn ɪkˈsɛlsɪs/ UK
/ˌɪn ɛksˈt͡ʃɛlsɪs/ UK

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

adjective

not comparable, postpositional To the highest degree; archetypal, quintessential. […] it was impossible to believe that one mind directed the singer and another the pianist, and if the voice was an example of art in excelsis, not less exalted was the perfection of the player.

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@misc{in_excelsis_2026,
  title = {in excelsis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/in%20excelsis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}