Tran*scend"ence (?), Tran*scend"en*cy (?),[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.
© Webster 1913.