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eminence¹

  • /ˈɛmɪnəns/

Where it comes from

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

noun eminences

  1. countable, uncountable Someone of high rank, reputation or social status. [Terence] Tao is not the only mathematical eminence with a rather sudden change of heart.
  2. countable, uncountable The quality or state of being eminent.
  3. countable, uncountable Prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem.
  4. countable, uncountable 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 [...].
  5. countable, uncountable A protuberance.
  6. uncountable A dark purple color. For quotations using this term, see Citations:eminence.

Similar: distinction, prominence, renown, celebrity · Opposite: obscurity, mediocrity

Eminence²

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana, United States.
  2. A ghost town in Finney County, Kansas, United States.
  3. A home rule city in Henry County, Kentucky, United States.
  4. A city, the county seat of Shannon County, Missouri, United States.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: preeminence, distinction, note, prominence, greatness, cat, renown, prestige, stature, importance, celebrity, notability, reputation, ascendancy, elevation, loftiness

noun

Similar: distinction, prominence, renown, celebrity · Opposite: obscurity, mediocrity

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noun someone of high rank, reputation or social status

日本語高名 kōmei, 顕貴 kenki
中文顯貴 /显贵 xiǎnguì

noun the quality or state of being eminent

日本語傑出 kesshutsu
中文傑出 /杰出 jiéchū

noun an elevated land area or a hill

Españoleminencia, prócer
日本語高地 kōchi
Русскийвозвышенность vozvyšennostʹ

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"eminence." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/eminence. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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eminence. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/eminence

Chicago

"eminence." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/eminence.

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@misc{eminence_2026,
  title = {eminence},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eminence},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}