in excelsis

短语

adv. <拉>最高度地, 无可比拟地

发音

UK /ˌɪn ɪkˈsɛlsɪs/
UK /ˌɪn ɛksˈt͡ʃɛlsɪs/

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    To the highest degree; archetypal, quintessential.

词源

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

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