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Eminence

Eminence Meaning & Definition
Eminence Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Eminence?

[n] a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
[n] high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Eminence: distinction | note | preeminence | tubercle | tuberosity

Related Terms | Find terms related to Eminence: 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 | Olympian heights | 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 | VIP | weight | weightiness | well-known | whip hand | zenith

See Also | appendage | deltoid eminence | deltoid tuberosity | high status | outgrowth | process

Eminence In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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