First Known Use: 14th century
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in excelsis
adverb in ex·cel·sis \ˌin-ik-ˈsel-səs also -ˈchel-\
Definition of IN EXCELSIS
: in the highest degree
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Origin of IN EXCELSIS
Late Latin, on high
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