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eminence

noun
/ˈɛmɪnəns/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from ēminentia — “prominence”
  2. derived from eminence

Definitions

  1. Someone of high rank, reputation or social status.

  2. The quality or state of being eminent.

  3. Prominence in a particular order or accumulation

    Prominence in a particular order or accumulation; esteem.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. 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 [...].

    2. A protuberance.

    3. A dark purple color.

      • For quotations using this term, see Citations:eminence.

    4. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana, United States.

    5. A ghost town in Finney County, Kansas, United States.

    6. A home rule city in Henry County, Kentucky, United States.

    7. A city, the county seat of Shannon County, Missouri, United States.

The neighborhood

Derived

eminectomy, eminence grise, Eminence, title of honor for a Roman Catholic cardinal, frontal eminence, gray eminence, grey eminence, hypothenar eminence, ileocecal eminence, median eminence, preeminence

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at eminence. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01eminence02eminent03distinguished04dignified05dignify06honour07honor08noble

A definitional loop anchored at eminence. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at eminence

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA