Eminence
['emɪnəns] or ['ɛmɪnəns]
Definition
(noun.) high status importance owing to marked superiority; 'a scholar of great eminence'.
Editor: Stacy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A title of honor, especially applied to a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Prominence, projection.[2]. Elevation, hill, elevated ground, high point.[3]. Exaltation, celebrity, distinction, note, renown, repute, reputation, fame.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See HEIGHT]
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Examples
- He was modestly impressed by Mr. Kenge's professional eminence. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Why should he not one day be lifted above the shoulders of the crowd, and feel that he had won that eminence well? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- No one could wish to know it better than a lady of your eminence does. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- From time immemorial the manufacture of iron and steel has been followed in Germany, and that country yet retains pre-eminence in this art both as to mechanical and chemical processes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The young man felt a touch on his arm and saw Mrs. van der Luyden looking down on him from the pure eminence of black velvet and the family diamonds. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It seemed almost to crest the eminence, when it began to wave and falter. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He did not turn aside to the cottage, but pushed on to an eminence, whence he could see over the whole quarter that had once been Eustacia's home. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Was not this the typical pre-eminence of his profession? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Picking our way so stealthily over that rocky, nettle-grown eminence, made me feel a good deal as if I were on my way somewhere to steal something. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We passed Ramah, and Beroth, and on the right saw the tomb of the prophet Samuel, perched high upon a commanding eminence. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Joseph Sedley then led a life of dignified otiosity such as became a person of his eminence. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- This idea of belonging to a chosen race predestined to pre-eminence was a very attractive one. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The lower slopes of the eminence melted imperceptibly into a grassy plain, the place of the meeting of three rivers. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I am the umble instrument of umbly serving him, and he puts me on an eminence I hardly could have hoped to reach. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Considering myself sufficiently incongruous on my legal eminence, I have until now suppressed my domestic destiny. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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