a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience
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the state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits
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Transcendence \Tran*scend"ence\ (-ens), Transcendency \Tran*scend"en*cy\ (-en*s[y^]), [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.
This transcendence struck her first when she was reading TS Eliot and John Donne as a teenager.
"Our Communist Party, the base of political organization in our society, is perfecting itself to better complete its work of historical transcendence that we are setting up today," it said.