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Maecenas (iou) and excellence (iou)


Maecenas (iou)



Maecenas noun. M16.
[Gaius Maecenas (d. 8 BC), Roman friend of Augustus, statesman, and patron of Horace and Virgil.]
A generous patron of literature or Art. Formerly also, any patron.
Maecenatism noun (long rare) patronage E17.

excellence (iou)



excellence noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin excellentia, from excellent-: see EXCELLENT, -ENCE.]
The state or fact of excelling; the possession of good qualities or abilities to an eminent or unusual degree; surpassing merit, skill, or worth. LME.
PAR EXCELLENCE.
N. Arnott The brightest examples have arisen of intellectual and moral excellence. D. Halberstam The drive in Television news was no longer for pure excellence, a drive to be better..than the Other two networks.
Something in which a person or thing excels; an excellent feature, quality, or ability. LME.
A. P. Stanley The great excellence of the eastern table-land was..in pasture. J. H. Newman Civilized nations allow that foreigners have their specific excellences.
a. An excellent personality. LME-L18.
b. = EXCELLENCY 3b. L16-L18.