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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Eminence \Em"i*nence\, noun [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) 2.0 [wn]:
eminence
noun
1: high status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence" [syn: {distinction}, {preeminence}, {note}]
2: a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament [syn: {tuberosity}, {tubercle}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
169 Moby Thesaurus words for "eminence": Olympian heights, VIP, acme, aerial heights, altitude, apex, ascendancy, august, authority, bas-relief, bellying, big-name, big-time, big-timer, bigwig, boldness, bulging, ceiling, celebrated, charisma, charm, chief, clout, consequence, conspicuousness, control, credit, dignitary, dignity, distinction, distinguished, dizzy heights, dominance, dominant, domination, effect, elevation, embossment, eminent, enchantment, esteem, ether, exaltation, exalted, excellence, excrescence, excrescency, extrusion, fame, famed, famousness, favor, force, gibbosity, gibbousness, glory, good feeling, grandeur, great, greatness, hauteur, heaven, heavens, height, heighth, heights, heroism, high mightiness, high relief, highness, hold, honor, illustrious, illustriousness, importance, important, incidental power, influence, influentiality, influentialness, insinuation, kudos, leader, leadership, leverage, lift, lion, loftiness, lofty, low relief, luminary, magnanimity, magnetism, majesty, mark, mastery, memorability, moment, nobility, noble, notability, notable, note, noteworthiness, outstandingness, peak, perpendicular distance, personality, persuasion, potency, power, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preeminent, preponderance, prepotency, pressure, prestige, priority, projection, prominence, prominent, protrusion, protuberance, protuberancy, purchase, raise, rank, reign, relief, remarkableness, renown, renowned, reputation, repute, rise, rising ground, rule, salience, salient, say, seniority, significance, sky, stature, steep, stratosphere, suasion, sublimity, subtle influence, suggestion, supereminence, superiority, supremacy, sway, tallness, toploftiness, tuberosity, tuberousness, upper hand, uprise, vantage ground, vantage point, weight, weightiness, well-known, whip hand, zenith
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
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Eminence, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky Population (2000): 2231 Housing Units (2000): 998 Land area (2000): 2.146753 sq. miles (5.560065 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.008024 sq. miles (0.020781 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.154777 sq. miles (5.580846 sq. km) FIPS code: 24904 Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21 Location: 38.368127 N, 85.180449 W ZIP Codes (1990): 40019 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Eminence, KY Eminence
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Eminence, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri Population (2000): 548 Housing Units (2000): 316 Land area (2000): 1.886745 sq. miles (4.886647 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.886745 sq. miles (4.886647 sq. km) FIPS code: 22276 Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29 Location: 37.148448 N, 91.358896 W ZIP Codes (1990): 65466 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Eminence, MO Eminence
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