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English

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈɛmɪnəns/,

Noun

someone of high rank, reputation or social station
the quality or state of being eminent
an elevated land area or a hill
a protuberance

Synonyms

Derived terms

Eminence (your Eminence), title of honor for a w:Roman Catholic|Roman Catholic cardinal

External links

:w:Roman Catholic|Wikipedia article on Roman Catholic Church

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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Without either eminences or cavities. --Dryden.
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The temple of honor ought to be seated on an
eminence. --Burke.
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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.
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You 've too a woman's heart, which ever yet
Affected eminence, wealth, sovereignty. --Shak.
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3. A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the
Roman Catholic Church.
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WordNet 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]

Moby Dictionary
Olympian heights , VIP , acme , aerial heights , altitude , apex ,
ascendancy , august , authority , bas-relief , bellying , big-name ,
big-time , big-timer , bigwig , boldness , bulging , ceiling ,
celebrated , charisma , charm , chief , clout , consequence ,
conspicuousness , control , credit , dignitary , dignity , distinction ,
distinguished , dizzy heights , dominance , dominant , domination ,
effect , elevation , embossment , eminent , enchantment , esteem , ether ,
exaltation , exalted , excellence , excrescence , excrescency ,
extrusion , fame , famed , famousness , favor , force , gibbosity ,
gibbousness , glory , good feeling , grandeur , great , greatness ,
hauteur , heaven , heavens , height , heighth , heights , heroism ,
high mightiness , high relief , highness , hold , honor , illustrious ,
illustriousness , importance , important , incidental power ,
influence , influentiality , influentialness , insinuation , kudos ,
leader , leadership , leverage , lift , lion , loftiness , lofty ,
low relief , luminary , magnanimity , magnetism , majesty , mark ,
mastery , memorability , moment , nobility , noble , notability ,
notable , note , noteworthiness , outstandingness , peak ,
perpendicular distance , personality , persuasion , potency , power ,
precedence , predominance , preeminence , preeminent , preponderance ,
prepotency , pressure , prestige , priority , projection , prominence ,
prominent , protrusion , protuberance , protuberancy , purchase , raise ,
rank , reign , relief , remarkableness , renown , renowned , reputation ,
repute , rise , rising ground , rule , salience , salient , say ,
seniority , significance , sky , stature , steep , stratosphere ,
suasion , sublimity , subtle influence , suggestion , supereminence ,
superiority , supremacy , sway , tallness , toploftiness , tuberosity ,
tuberousness , upper hand , uprise , vantage ground , vantage point ,
weight , weightiness , well-known , whip hand , zenith

Eminence, KY (city, FIPS 24904) Location: 38.36538 N, 85.17432 W Population (1990): 2055 (925 housing units) Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 40019 Eminence, MO (city, FIPS 22276) Location: 37.14627 N, 91.35853 W Population (1990): 582 (303 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 65466

Moby Dictionary 2231
Housing Units (2000): 998
Land area (2000): 2.146753 sq. miles (5.560065 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.008024 sq. miles (0.020781 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.154777 sq. miles (5.580846 sq. km)
FIPS code: 24904
Located within: Kentucky (KY) , FIPS 21
Location: 38.368127 N , 85.180449 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 40019
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Eminence , KY
Eminence

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Housing Units (2000): 316
Land area (2000): 1.886745 sq. miles (4.886647 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.886745 sq. miles (4.886647 sq. km)
FIPS code: 22276
Located within: Missouri (MO) , FIPS 29
Location: 37.148448 N , 91.358896 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 65466
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Eminence , MO
Eminence