eminence

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   high status importance owing to marked superiority

   a scholar of great eminence

2. 2
   noun

   An elevated land area or a hill.

   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 [...].

3. 3
   noun

   A dark purple color.

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:eminence.

4. 4
   noun

   a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament

5. 5
   noun

   Someone of high rank, reputation or social status.

6. 6
   noun

   The quality or state of being eminent.

7. 7
   noun

   Prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem.

8. 8
   noun

   A protuberance.

Etymology

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