1. transcendent - Noun
2. transcendent - Adjective
3. transcendent - Adjective Satellite
Very excellent; superior or supreme in excellence; surpassing others; as, transcendent worth; transcendent valor.
Transcending, or reaching beyond, the limits of human knowledge; -- applied to affirmations and speculations concerning what lies beyond the reach of the human intellect.
Source: Webster's dictionary"Genius" (which means transcendent capacity of taking trouble, first of all). Thomas Carlyle
Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world. John Milton
The thing we long for, that we are For one transcendent moment. James Russell Lowell
The distinction between private and public undermines the unity of spiritual strength, draining the public of the transcendent energies while trivializing them because the merely private life provides no proper stage for their action. Allan Bloom
I cannot escape from the conclusion that the great ages of progress have depended upon a small number of individuals of transcendent ability. Bertrand Russell
The most fundamental liberal failure of the current era: the failure to embrace a moral vision of America based on the transcendent faith that human beings are more than the sum of their material appetites, our country is more than an economic machine, and freedom is not license but responsibility. Bill Moyers