Hypertext Webster Gateway: "eminence"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Eminence \Em"i*nence\, n. [L. eminentia, fr. eminens eminent:
cf. F. ['e]minence.]
1. That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a
height.

Without either eminences or cavities. --Dryden.

The temple of honor ought to be seated on an
eminence. --Burke.

2. An elevated condition among men; a place or station above
men in general, either in rank, office, or celebrity;
social or moral loftiness; high rank; distinction;
preferment. --Milton.

You 've too a woman's heart, which ever yet Affected
eminence, wealth, sovereignty. --Shak.

3. A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the
Roman Catholic Church.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

eminence
n 1: high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a
scholar of great eminence" [syn: {distinction}, {preeminence},
{note}]
2: a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a
muscle or ligament [syn: {tuberosity}, {tubercle}]


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