Thesaurus: eminence

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1. n. That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height.
2. n. 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.
3. n. A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.
4. n. high status importance owing to marked superiority
5. n. a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
6. 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.
7. n:100 n. high status importance owing to marked superiority