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eminence

emi·nence

UK/ˈɛmɪnəns/ US/ˈɛmʌnʌns/ fairly common

noun

1.

high status importance owing to marked superiority

  • “a scholar of great eminence”
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2.

Origin

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

Phrases

  • eminence grise
  • frontal eminence
  • gray eminence
  • grey eminence
  • hypothenar eminence
  • ileocecal eminence
  • median eminence
  • title of honor for a Roman Catholic cardinal

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