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Webster 1913 Edition


Eminence

Em′i-nence

,
Noun.
[L.
eminentia
, fr.
eminens
eminent: cf. F.
éminence
.]
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.
Shakespeare
3.
A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.

Webster 1828 Edition


Eminence

EM'INENCE


Definition 2024


eminence

eminence

See also: éminence

English

Noun

eminence (countable and uncountable, plural eminences)

  1. someone of high rank, reputation or social status.
  2. the quality or state of being eminent.
  3. prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem.
  4. (geology) an elevated land area or a hill.
    • 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy:
      From the summit of an eminence I had already had a distant view of Osbaldistone Hall, a large and antiquated edifice, peeping out from a Druidical grove of huge oaks [...].
  5. (anatomy) a protuberance.
  6. (uncountable) A dark purple color.
    • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:eminence.
    eminence colour:    

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Antonyms

  • (someone of high rank, reputation or social status): obscurity
  • (the quality or state of being eminent): mediocrity

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