eminence Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun high status importance owing to marked superiority
    note; distinction; preeminence.
    • a scholar of great eminence
  2. noun a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
    tubercle; tuberosity.

WordNet

Em"i*nence noun
Etymology
L. eminentia, fr. eminens eminent: cf. F. éminence.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913