- מַעַלְיוּתָא
- מַעַלְיוּתָאf. (preced.) perfection, excellence; improvement. Shebu.45b מאי מ׳ wherein consists the excellence (of the argument)?, v. preced. Men.43a אי אישתני למ׳ Ms. M. (ed. אשתנאי) if it changed for the better. Ber.56a מפשר ליה למ׳, v. גְּרִיעוּתָא. Ḥull.5b מ׳ היא does it imply perfection?; a. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.