  We present the first study of the Abelian-projected gluonic-excitation
energies for the static quark-antiquark (Q$\bar{\rm Q}$) system in SU(3)
lattice QCD at the quenched level, using a $32^4$ lattice at $\beta = 6.0$. We
investigate ground-state and three excited-state Q$\bar{\rm Q}$ potentials,
using smeared link variables on the lattice. We find universal Abelian
dominance for the quark confinement force of the excited-state Q$\bar{\rm Q}$
potentials as well as the ground-state potential. Remarkably, in spite of the
excitation phenomenon in QCD, we find Abelian dominance for the first
gluonic-excitation energy of about 1 GeV at long distances in the maximally
Abelian gauge. On the other hand, no Abelian dominance is observed for higher
gluonic-excitation energies even at long distances. This suggests that there is
some threshold between 1 and 2 GeV for the applicable excitation-energy region
of Abelian dominance. Also, we find that Abelian projection significantly
reduces the short-distance $1/r$-like behavior in gluonic-excitation energies.
