eminence

Etymology

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

noun

1. Someone of high rank, reputation or social status.
2. The quality or state of being eminent.
3. Prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem.
4. (geology) 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 …. 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy
   We stopped for a moment at the golf course to chat with members of the Consular staff, and then drove on to the Consulate, which was set upon an eminence, above evidences of landscape-gardening; a sweep of lawns, with coarse, whitened grass; flower-beds in which larkspur and nasturtiums fought against desperate odds. 1952, Norman Lewis, Golden Earth
5. (anatomy) A protuberance.
6. (uncountable) A dark purple color.
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