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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eminence \Em"i*nence\, n. [L. eminentia fr eminens eminent:
cf F. ['e]minence.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
eminence
n : high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a
scholar of great eminence" [syn: {distinction}, {preeminence},
{note}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Eminence, KY (city, FIPS 24904)
Location: 38.36538 N, 85.17432 W
Population (1990): 2055 (925 housing units)
Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 40019
Eminence, MO (city, FIPS 22276)
Location: 37.14627 N, 91.35853 W
Population (1990): 582 (303 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 65466
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