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Eminence

//ˈɛmɪnəns// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana, United States.
  2. 2
    A ghost town in Finney County, Kansas, United States.
  3. 3
    A home rule city in Henry County, Kentucky, United States.
  4. 4
    A city, the county seat of Shannon County, Missouri, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    Someone of high rank, reputation or social status. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament wordnet
  3. 3
    The quality or state of being eminent. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    high status importance owing to marked superiority wordnet
  5. 5
    Prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    An elevated land area or a hill. countable, uncountable

    "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 [...]."

  2. 7
    A protuberance. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A dark purple color. uncountable

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:eminence."

Etymology

From Old French eminence, from Latin ēminentia (“prominence”, “protuberance”; “eminence”, “excellence”).

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