eminence

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The state of being famous and highly respected in a field.

   She rose to eminence as one of the country's leading surgeons.

2. 2
   noun

   A piece of high or raised ground; a hill.

   From a small eminence they could see the whole valley below.

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

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