transcendency
State surpassing normal limits
Transcendency is the quality of surpassing ordinary limits or rising above the material world.
The word appears in philosophical and religious contexts, where it describes states or beings that exist beyond normal human experience: the transcendency of the divine.
Transcendence is far more common; transcendency sounds formal or archaic.
Reverent fear and wonder
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
- majestyImpressive supreme dignity
- exaltationIntense joyful elevation
- splendorImpressive, striking beauty
wonder · magnificence · glory · rapture · ecstasy · reverence · breathtaking · ineffability
Worshipped supernatural being
- godlinessState of spiritual purity
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- sacrednessQuality of being holy
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
sanctity · omnipotence · omniscience · immortality · providence · almighty · beatitude · grace
Farther than something
- infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
- boundlessWithout any boundaries
- limitlessWithout any boundaries
- unboundedHaving no limits
infinite · eternal · timeless · absolute · ultimate · ineffable · unknowable · numinous
Not physically present
- incorporealNot made of matter
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- spiritualRelating to the soul
- celestialOf the sky above
gossamer · diaphanous · rarefied · subtle · luminous · translucent · unearthly · heavenly
Upward movement
- risingAct of ascending
- upliftRaise emotionally or physically
- soaringRising effortlessly upward
- loftinessHeight or noble bearing
heights · surpassing · overcoming · exceeding · climbing · ascending · surmounting · breakthrough
awe
Reverent fear and wonder
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
- majestyImpressive supreme dignity
- exaltationIntense joyful elevation
splendor · wonder · magnificence · glory · rapture · ecstasy · reverence · breathtaking · ineffability · vastness
deity
Worshipped supernatural being
- godlinessState of spiritual purity
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- sacrednessQuality of being holy
divinity · sanctity · omnipotence · omniscience · immortality · providence · almighty · beatitude · grace · enlightenment
beyond
Farther than something
unbounded · infinite · eternal · timeless · absolute · ultimate · ineffable · unknowable · numinous · mystical
intangible
Not physically present
- incorporealNot made of matter
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- spiritualRelating to the soul
celestial · gossamer · diaphanous · rarefied · subtle · luminous · translucent · unearthly · heavenly · empyrean
ascent
Upward movement
loftiness · heights · surpassing · overcoming · exceeding · climbing · ascending · surmounting · breakthrough · emergence
transcendencyimmanence
Quality of residing within
mundanity · earthliness · worldliness · ordinariness · materiality
transcendencysubservience
Excessive willingness to obey
subordination · subjection · inferiority · lowliness · abasement
transcendencyconfinement
State of being restricted
limitation · boundedness · finitude · constraint · restriction
- transcendent beautyAesthetic excellence beyond ordinary
- transcendent experienceAwareness beyond usual limits
- transcendental experienceAwareness surpassing ordinary perception
- spiritual transcendenceRising beyond physical existence
- Transcendental MeditationTrademarked silent mantra method
- transcendent wisdomUnderstanding beyond earthly comprehension