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eminence

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eminence
/em"euh neuhns/, n.
1. high station, rank, or repute: philosophers of eminence.
2. a high place or part; a hill or elevation; height.
3. (cap.) Rom. Cath. Ch. a title of honor, applied to cardinals (usually prec. by His or Your).
4. Anat. an elevation or projection, esp. on a bone.
[1375-1425; late ME < AF < L eminentia, equiv. to emin- (base of eminere to stand out; see EMINENT) + -entia -ENCE]
Syn. 1. conspicuousness, note, fame. 2. prominence.
Ant. 1. obscurity.

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