excellence

IPA: ˈɛksʌɫʌns

The quality of being excellent; brilliance
Something in which one excels.
An excellent or valuable quality; something at which any someone excels; a virtue.
A title of honor or respect; more common in the form Excellency.

Examples of "excellence" in Sentences

Delight in excellence is easily confused with snobbery by the ignorant.
"Delight in excellence is easily confused with snobbery by the ignorant."
Delight in excellence is easily confused with snobbery by the ignorant. —
A gentle reminder: "Delight in excellence is easily confused with snobbery by the ignorant."
Alas, two of the destinations were anything but recommendations, and both reminded me of Joseph Epstein's observation: Delight in excellence is easily confused with snobbery by the ignorant.